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Baked Apple Cider Donuts. These Cider donuts have amazing spiced flavor with concentrated cider. Perfect for fall. Vegan Soyfree Recipe. Nutfree Refined Sugar-Free Oilfree Glutenfree option  Jump to Recipe  

Baked Apple Cider Donuts. These Cider donuts have amazing spiced flavor with concentrated cider. Perfect for fall. #VeganRicha #Vegan #Soyfree #Recipe Nutfree #refinedsugarfree #Oilfree glutenfree option

These Apple Cider Donuts are perfect for fall or any time of the year for that matter. The key to all the fall flavor is reducing the cider! Apple Cider gets cooked for a bit to concentrate all that amazing flavor of apples and spices. Concentrated cider, flour, more spices all baked into a flavorful spiced donut! Toss in cinnamon sugar or drizzle icing of choice. These will be a hit with everyone. 15 mins of Active time, no refined sugar!

The donut batter does not use yeast, so it can also be baked into regular size muffins or mini muffins as well. Add some finely chopped apples to the batter, top with a streusel and they are ready for to go breakfast. Lets make these! 

Baked Apple Cider Donuts. These Cider donuts have amazing spiced flavor with concentrated cider. Perfect for fall. #Vegan #Soyfree #Recipe.

More Donuts and Muffins 

The batter also makes fantastic muffins. The concentrated cider adds a ton more flavor than regular cider. It also makes the donuts slightly dense, which means even more packed flavor! 

Baked Apple Cider Donuts or muffins. These Cider donuts have amazing spiced flavor with concentrated cider. Perfect for fall. #veganricha #Vegan #Soyfree #Recipe
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Baked Apple Cider Donuts. These Cider donuts have amazing spiced flavor with concentrated cider. Perfect for fall. #Vegan #Soyfree #Recipe.
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Baked Apple Cider Donuts Vegan

Baked Apple Cider Donuts. These Cider donuts have amazing spiced flavor with concentrated cider. Perfect for fall. Vegan Soyfree Recipe. Nutfree Refined Sugar-free Glutenfree Oilfree option. Makes 5-6 donuts
Prep Time10 mins
Cook Time11 mins
Reducing Cider Time20 mins
Total Time21 mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American, Vegan
Keyword: apple cider donut recipe, cider donuts
Servings: 6 donuts
Calories: 179kcal
Author: Vegan Richa

Ingredients

  • 1.5 cups (354 ml) + 2 tbsp apple cider (not vinegar, but the fermented apple drink)
  • 1/4 cup (50 g) sugar (coconut sugar, date sugar, regular or use maple syrup), 1/3 cup for sweeter
  • 1 cup (125 g) flour (I use a mix of 1/4 cup whole wheat and 3/4 cup all purpose), see note for gluten-free
  • 1 tbsp almond flour , or use more flour
  • 3/4 tsp (0.75 tsp) cinnamon
  • 1/8 tsp (0.13 tsp) cardamom or nutmeg
  • dash of black pepper
  • 1/4 tsp (0.25 tsp) salt
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp (0.25 tsp) baking soda
  • 1 tbsp oil or applesauce (or both for extra moisture when using whole grain flours)

Cinnamon sugar topping:

  • 1 tbsp cane sugar
  • 1 tbsp coconut sugar or brown sugar
  • 1/2 tsp (0.5 tsp) cinnamon

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 deg F(180 C). Grease a donut pan or line muffin pan. Cook 1.5 cups cider and sugar in a saucepan over medium heat for 20 to 25 mins to reduce to a scant 1 cup. Cool the cider to room temp. (cooling will reduce the cider further to about 3/4 cup + 2 tbsp)
  • In a bowl, mix the rest the dry ingredients. Add the concentrated cider and oil/applesauce. Mix well to combine. If the batter is too thick, mix in non dairy milk 1 tbsp at a time until it is just a bit flowy to be able to spoon it in. If the batter is too thin, add in 1-2 tbsp flour
  • Immediately spoon the batter into the donut pan or muffin pan. Even out the batter for even shape for donuts.
  • Bake for 11-12 mins for donuts or mini muffins, 20-22 mins for regular muffins. Cool for 5 mins, then release from the pan.
  • Mix the cinnamon sugar into a ziplock.(or add to a shallow bowl)
  • Cool the donuts for another 5 mins. Brush donuts with the non dairy milk or cider, or use oil/melted vegan butter. Add to the ziplock and shake, or dip in the sugar mixture.

Notes

To make these gluten-free: Use a mix of 3/4 cup almond flour, 1/4 cup oat flour, 3 tbsp starch(potato preferably). Bake time might be a minute longer. Use an icing as that will add moisture to the donuts (glutenfree baked goods dry faster).
 
If using apple juice instead of cider, double the spices listed.
troubleshoot: if the cider reduces too much, your batter will be thicker. Thin it out using non dairy milk so that they bake fluffy and you get 5-6 donuts. 
Double: This recipe is easily doubled. Add more flour if the batter is too thin. 
Nutrition is for 1 of 6 donut

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Baked Apple Cider Donuts Vegan
Amount Per Serving
Calories 179 Calories from Fat 27
% Daily Value*
Fat 3g5%
Sodium 157mg7%
Potassium 166mg5%
Carbohydrates 35g12%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 17g19%
Protein 2g4%
Vitamin C 0.5mg1%
Calcium 52mg5%
Iron 1.2mg7%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
 


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  1. Hello Richa, this looks absolutely fabulous, but I cannot get apple cider in my country. Can I use apple juice instead? Ir anything else?

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    • Yes use apple juice. Cook it to concentrate similarly. Cider generally has spices added, so just add a bit more of the spices listed to the flour

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    • For baking its best to use a mix as they will get a bit too dense with the limited fat and sugar. You can use a mix of spelt flour and wheat flour. Spelt is whole grain but bakes up lighter than wheat. You can use an icing to help keep them more moist.

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  4. 5 stars
    Made this tonight as mini muffins and they didn’t last long! Loved the dense texture and bright fresh apple cider tartness. Excellent, easy recipe thanks!

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  8. 5 stars
    Hi Richa. Made these today and they’re delicious! Just a couple questions. Should it be TBS instead of tsps of cider reduction to reserve for brushing the finished donuts? I forgot to do that, so I mixed some cider and maple syrup to brush them with. Used way more than 2 tsps.
    Also, my batter wasn’t pourable at all, but it looked the same consistency as yours. I doubled the recipe so maybe that’s why? I spooned the batter into the donut pans and it worked ok. Just not as pretty as yours. I was tempted to pipe the batter in but wasn’t sure if it would wreck the batter.
    Thanks. Great recipe. I’ll be making it again. I’ll try the gf version with some cream cheese frosting, I think.

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    • awesome! yes the batter can thicken as flours absorb moisture differently.
      I used less than a tbsp of the cider mix to brush as i was brushing very lightly. thats a great idea to to just use cider + maple as much as you like later!
      I also used a spoon as I dont have the patience to pipe :). Once you put the batter in, you can use a fresh spoon, lightly coat it in oil and use that to oven out the top. or a small spatula. Even the thicker batter should even out.

      When doubling in baking, you often will need slightly less than double the flour/dry. So start with 1.75 times the flour and see if the batter needs any more and then add more. My batter looks thick but its pretty fluffy inside with the baking powder starting to react already.

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      • Thanks. I thought it was cool that the batter was fluffing up so fast. I was afraid of “deflating” it with my slow pan filling skills! I’m a pretty good cook, but baking is another story. They still came out great

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  9. 5 stars
    Richa, these are delicious as muffins. I’m wondering if next time (yes, there will definitely be a next time), if I can put the topping on before baking the muffins. They smell and taste so good. Thanks for another winning recipe!!!

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  10. 5 stars
    Wonderful tasty recipe! I love that it is lower in oil. It only yielded 5 donuts for us. We skipped dusting it with sugar or cinnamon and it still tasted perfect. Didn’t read the recipe closely enough the night before so the time required to reduce the cider caught us off guard while we were still foggy from waking up. The prep or cook time should take the reduction time into account. Will definitely make this again, probably reducing the cider the night before so we can have fresh warm donuts for breakfast. Another winning recipe from Richa!

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  15. 5 stars
    Delicious donuts! Thank you for the great recipe. I have tried my fair share of baked vegan donuts recipes and they have never gone over well. But my family loved these. We ate them all last night right away! I had to make more this morning.

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  16. 5 stars
    Thank you so much for this recipe, my husband called at least 8 apple places near us asking if they had vegan apple cider donuts and they sadly ALL had dairy and eggs.

    So I searched for a recipe like this one! Delicious!!

    I followed the recipe exact using all purpose flour and oil but it only yielded 4 donuts and the batter was very thick. Any suggestions for next time?

    Thanks in advance, awesome website!!!

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    • the cider may have thickened and reduced more. You can add in some non dairy milk a tbsp at a time to make it less thick (like a slightly thick pancake batter consistncy), and then drop into the donut pan and bake.What flour did you use?/ the flour may have absorbed more moisture as well.

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  19. I just made them and they barely filled up three donut holes?? Wondering if I did something wrong or if it’s supposed to make only 3 donuts??

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    • I usually get 6 or 5 if i fill the pan a bit more per donut. I think the cider might have reduced too much (was the batter too thick? ) or maybe the donut pan. Even with the regular size donuts, i’ve noticed that some pans have deeper holes than others, which may affect the amount of batter needed.

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  20. Hello I would love to make these but I was wondering if you think I could use oat flour.. I can’t have almond flour so if you would know how to make these gluten free hopefully using oat flour that would be amazing… thank you so much!!

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  21. Are these supposed to be very dense and almost gummy inside or did I mess up? They’re a very different texture than most dairy/egg free baked goods.

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    • Mine came out gummy too. I don’t know what it could have been. I even tried putting them back in but nothing changed. 😩

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      • Putting them in again won’t change anything if they didn’t rise in the first baking. There are 2 reasons they could be gummy. 1. The Apple cider did not agree to use enough. So that was more liquid to flour in the batter. How was the consistency? It should be a thick batter. 2. The baking powder was old so the donuts didn’t rise enough.

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  23. Hi! I want to make these gluten free but I I can’t find rice flour, what brand and which one would you recommend or could I just omit and use all almond flour? I also found a flour with white and brown rice and the potato starch in it would that work too? Also I have a mini donut try how long would you think is a good time for that tray?

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  28. 5 stars
    Apple cider is obtained by the fermentation of apple cider or apple must which is made from crushed organic apples. Just for your information, fermentation means an act of conversion. Organic apples have some kind of bacteria and yeast on their skins. So when they are crushed, you get pure apple juice with a mixture of bacteria and yeast.

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  30. 5 stars
    A little time consuming because I had to reduce the apple cider, but boy, was it worth it! Love these donuts! I’m about to bake another 12! I used half spelt flour and half AP flour. I added cashew butter instead of oil and also used the applesauce. I’m going to add little bits of apple in this next batch! Yum!

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  34. 5 stars
    Love the cardamom! I doubled the recipe and it made 12 donuts and 9 mini muffins (maybe my donut pans are small?). Will make this a fall regular. Thanks!

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  36. 5 stars
    I have been wanting apple cider muffins for a while now and I came across this recipe. I don’t have doughnut molds so I made muffins and these are nothing short of amazing! I only made 6 the first time and my family devoured them and I have been all but threatened with making more of them lol. Thank you for such a simple, dense, and delicious recipe. These are surely a perfect holiday treat!

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