Nothing about this recipe says New Year’s resolution, and if truth be told my plans to start a diet the first of the year never came to fruition. It has been chilly outside, by Florida’s standards, and I have been feeling a bit out of sorts these last few weeks. Comfort food is what I want right now, and these Apple Cider Doughnuts certainly fit the bill. Nom. Nom. Nom.
I’m trying to not feel too terribly guilty about this doughnut recipe. These doughnuts are baked, not fried, after all. That’s totally a step in the right direction.
Baked doughnuts are incredibly simple to make, and are much healthier than the fried variety. Although, I do love a good fried doughnut every now and again.
I have shared a couple of doughnut recipes on this blog in the past, if you’d like to check them out. These Old Fashioned Baked Chocolate Doughnuts with Chocolate Glaze are oh-so delicious, and these Baked Pumpkin Pecan Doughnuts with Maple Glaze are simply wonderful. It was definitely time for me to pull out my doughnut pan again. (affiliate link)
Apple Cider Doughnuts
Ingredients:
1½ Cups flour
½ Cup apple cider
½ Cup brown sugar
1 Egg
2 Tbsps butter
1 Tsp baking soda
1 Tsp nutmeg
1 Tsp allspice
1 Tsp vanilla extract
1 Tbsp ground cinnamon
¼ Tsp ground cloves
Sugar glaze
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350F.
Grease a doughnut baking pan.
In a mixer combine the flour, apple cider, brown sugar, egg, butter, baking soda, nutmeg, allspice, vanilla, ground cloves, and 1 tbsp cinnamon.
Mix until getting a thick batter.
Fill the doughnut pan with the batter.
Bake the doughnuts for about 15 minutes or until golden.
Take the pan and set aside to cool down.
When cool, remove the donuts with a rubber spatula.
Cover them with the glaze and sprinkle the remaining cinnamon.
Serve and enjoy.
Tip: If you’re a chocolate lover, try substituting chocolate syrup for the glaze.

Apple Cider Doughnuts with a Sugar Glaze
Ingredients
Apple Cider Doughnuts
- Ingredients: 1½ Cups flour ½ Cup apple cider ½ Cup brown sugar 1 Egg 2 Tbsps butter 1 Tsp baking soda 1 Tsp nutmeg 1 Tsp allspice 1 Tsp vanilla extract 1 Tbsp ground cinnamon ¼ Tsp ground cloves Sugar glaze
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F.
- Grease a doughnut baking pan.
- In a mixer combine the flour, apple cider, brown sugar, egg, butter, baking soda, nutmeg, allspice, vanilla, ground cloves, and 1 tbsp cinnamon.
- Mix until getting a thick batter.
- Fill the doughnut pan with the batter.
- Bake the doughnuts for about 15 minutes or until golden.
- Take the pan and set aside to cool down.
- When cool, remove the donuts with a rubber spatula.
- Cover them with the glaze and sprinkle the remaining cinnamon.
- Serve and enjoy.
- Tip: If you're a chocolate lover, try substituting chocolate syrup for the glaze.
These do look absolutely scrumptious! I must get a doughnut pan so I can make these!
I have never made doughnuts. I love that they are baked and not fried.
I feel like I’m starting to love baked donuts more than fried. I haven’t tried apple cider flavor yet but will add it to my list!
Glad these popped up in my twitter feed because I wanted to make donuts tomorrow and these are just the thing
The CINNAMON DUSTED, GLAZED APPLE CIDER DOUGHNUTS look so pretty and so delicious! I love making donuts and I want to make these for the kids. I bet they taste amazing!
These doughnuts look so good and sweet!
These look so delicious! I love making doughnuts in the fall.