Apple Cider Donuts

These are the best apple cider donuts! They're soft and fluffy, full of apple cider flavor, lots of warm spices and rolled in spiced sugar.

📝 Ingredients

• 3 cups (720 ml) apple cider
• 2 1/4 cups (281 g) all purpose flour, spooned and leveled
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp ground allspice
• 10 tbsp (140 g) unsalted butter, softened
• 3/4 cup (150 g) granulated white sugar
• 3/4 cup (165 g) light brown sugar
• 2 eggs, at room temperature
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 cup (120 ml) buttermilk, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup (124 g) sour cream, at room temperature
• 1/4 cup (56 g) unsalted butter, melted
• 1 cup (200 g) granulated sugar
• 2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp ground allspice

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1--- For the Apple Cider Donuts ---
2. 2Start by adding the apple cider to a sauce pan over medium-low heat. Bring it to a simmer and let it simmer until it has reduced down to 1/2 cup, stirring occasionally. It will take some time, around 20-30 minutes. Start checking it has reached 1/2 cup at 20 minutes and add more time as necessary. Let the cider reduction cool before using it in the donut batter.
3. 3Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
4. 4In a medium bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon and allspice. Set aside the flour mixture.
5. 5In a large bowl cream the softened butter, granulated white sugar and light brown sugar together with an electric mixer on high speed until fluffy, about 2 minutes.
6. 6Add in the eggs and vanilla and mix on medium-high speed until pale in color and fluffy, about 1 minute.
7. 7Next add in the buttermilk, sour cream and the reduced cider and mix on low speed until combined.
8. 8Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix on low speed just until all is combined.
9. 9Grease a donut pan with nonstick spray. Transfer the donut batter to a piping bag and cut about 1/2 inch opening on the bottom. Pipe the batter into the donut pan until each well is a little more than ¾ full.
10. 10Bake the donuts for 12-13 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean from the center.
11. 11Let them cool for 5 minutes in the pan and then turn the pan over onto a wire rack to release the donuts. Let the donuts cool until cool enough to handle.
12. 12--- For the Spiced Sugar Topping ---
13. 13Add the melted butter to a small bowl.
14. 14In a separate bowl mix together the granulated sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice.
15. 15Using a pastry brush, brush each donut with the melted butter and then roll in the spiced sugar mixture. Serve right away!