Description
These Vegan Baked Apple Cider Donuts are the perfect celebration of fall! Coated in cinnamon sugar, they are a great pairing with coffee. They’re easily made in a muffin tin as well!
Ingredients
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For donut base:
- 1 cup whole wheat flour (or sub 1 1/4 cups finely ground oat flour for GF)
- 1/2 TBS baking powder
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground ginger (optional)
- 1/4 tsp cardamom (optional)
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup apple cider, unsweetened
- 1/4 cup dark brown sugar, unpacked
- 1/4 cup avocado oil, or other neutral oil like canola
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
For optional topping:
- 4 TBS vegan butter
- 1/2 cup Turbinado sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and lightly oil one 6-compartment donut pan (see notes if you do not have a donut pan).
- Combine flour, baking powder, spices, and salt in a small bowl. In a large bowl, mix apple cider, brown sugar, oil, and vanilla extract
- Slowly mix dry ingredients into wet, stirring to combine but trying to avoid over mixing. Spoon batter into donut pan evenly across the six shapes. Bake for 13-16 minutes, until donuts are springy and risen. Let cool on a wire rack.
- If coating in cinnamon sugar, melt butter in one small bowl with a wide rim. In another bowl, mix sugar and cinnamon. Place each cooled donut facedown in the butter then immediately remove and swirl in the cinnamon sugar mixture to fully coat. I find these are too sweet if both donut sides are coated, so feel free to decide your preference there.
Notes
Here is the donut pan I use (affiliate link).
For apple cider muffins: If you do not have a donut pan, I recommend doubling this recipe and baking it in 12 cup muffin tin. It will need 20-28 minutes in the oven. To test when done, stick a toothpick in the center and if it comes out clean (no crumbs), the muffins are done.
- Prep Time: 8 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: One donut
- Calories: 189.3 calories
- Sugar: 9 grams
- Sodium: 223.6 milligrams
- Fat: 9.6 grams
- Saturated Fat: 1.1 grams
- Unsaturated Fat: 8.5 grams
- Trans Fat: 0 grams
- Carbohydrates: 24.6 grams
- Fiber: 2.4 grams
- Protein: 2.7 grams
- Cholesterol: 0 milligrams