Fresh baked spiced apple cider donuts are a perfect treat for fall!
We made it out to a cider mill on Monday, and it was the perfect day for it! Sunny and in the 60’s, just a perfectly beautiful Indian Summer day.
While we do love cider, the best part of the whole cider mill experience is the donuts (duh, everyone knows that), but if you have food intolerances, the donuts are probably off limits. Since most cider mill donuts contain egg, we have to make ours at home.
We skipped the donuts and enjoyed cider slushes instead on Monday. But we still needed donuts! So I baked these spiced apple cider donuts at home using cider instead of milk, and they were so flavorful. They were gobbled up in no time at all.
I have made these spiced apple cider donuts with both spelt flour and with gluten free flour. They are just slightly more dense with the gluten free flour. If you do use gluten free flour, reduce the amount of applesauce to one tablespoon.
Vegan Spiced Apple Cider Donuts.
Ingredients
- 1 cup white spelt flour these do work with a gluten free flour blend
- 1/2 cup coconut sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ginger
- 1/2 cup apple cider
- 1/2 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 Tablespoons unsweetened applesauce reduce to one Tablespoon if you are using gluten free flour blend
- 1/4 cup vegan buttery spread melted
For the Topping:
- 1 Tablespoon sugar
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a donut pan.
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Place the flour, coconut sugar, salt, baking powder, and spices in a bowl and whisk together.
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Add the apple cider, vinegar, vanilla extract, applesauce, and melted vegan buttery spread and stir well.
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Spoon the mixture into the donut pan, and smooth out with the back of the spoon.
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Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes. Let cool in the pan for about 5 minutes, then overturn the pan to remove donuts.
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Dip warm donuts into the sugar to coat.
Recipe Notes
If you make these with gluten free flour, reduce the amount of unsweetened applesauce to 1 Tablespoon. I used NOW Gluten Free All Purpose Flour.
NOW Gluten Free All-Purpose Flour
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And homemade doughnuts give you so much more satisfaction anyway ;)
For sure!
These look so delicious! Cider donuts are the best :)
Thanks, Medha!
I love apples in the farm. There’s this huge apple orchard in California, and I love going in November. They have the best apple cider and apple fritters. Love the sound of these apple cider donuts!
I love apple fritters! Now you have me craving one!
How gorgeous are these donuts?? I’ll admit that I have a total obsession with the apple orchard’s apple cider donuts, but these look like a MUCH healthier and better version!
Thanks, Sarah!
Probably my favorite type of donut ever!
I love apples especially from the farm, but I’ve never tried apple cider donuts. They look very delicious!
I’ve been resisting buying a donut pan but I might have to give in to make this recipe!
We made these in our mini donut pan and they were a BIG hit with the toddler! Perfect for fall and of course in a mini version I ate way too many!
Yay! So glad you liked them! :)
These look delicious. I’m going to make them for my children (and of course I’ll be eating them too!) A recipe with apple cider and cinnamon is a winner in our household. Can’t wait to try them.
Thank you! I hope you love them!