Apple Cider and Cardamom Donuts

The Inspiration for Apple Cider Donuts

When Zoe and I were hiking in the mountains of Vermont, we came across Cold Hollow Cider Mill, a local tourist attraction that specializes in all things apples. We ended up trying some freshly made apple cider donuts, which HIT THE SPOT after a long day of hiking. If you find yourselves in the town of Waterbury, VT, make sure to stop off here! Here are some photos from our stop here:

Naturally, we felt compelled to replicate the recipe ourselves. See below for our take on Apple Cider Donuts, with a surprise spice of cardamom.

Try out this apple cider donut recipe yourselves and let us know what you think! Any suggestions or improvements to the recipe? If you enjoyed this recipe, also check out our recipe for Morning Glory Muffins, which are just as tasty!

Also, donut forget to buy some donut baking sheets!! This recipe calls for 12 apple cider donuts so our two sheets of 6 molds worked perfectly. Keep scrolling down to find the ones we used and suggest!

Apple Cider and Cardamom Donuts

Freshly baked apple cider donuts are the ONLY way to start your day in the Fall. These are light and airy but packed with flavor, with a hint of cardamom!

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 30 minutes mins

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Servings 12

Ingredients

  

Donuts

• 1.5 cups flour
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 pinch nutmeg
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1.5 cups apple cider
• 4 oz unsalted butter
• 3 tbsp brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• ¼ cup plain or vanilla yogurt
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Sugar Coating

• 2-3 cardamom pods crushed
• ½ cup granulated sugar
• 2 tsp cinnamon

Instructions

 

• First, on medium heat in a saucepan, reduce the 1.5 cups apple cider into ~¼ cup apple cider to concentrate the flavor. In another pan on medium heat, melt butter until it starts to turn brown and then pour this browned butter into a bowl and set aside.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In one bowl, mix together the dry ingredients- flour, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and baking powder. In another bowl, whisk the eggs before adding reduced apple cider, brown sugar, yogurt, vanilla extract, and 2 tbsp of the browned butter (keep the extra browned butter for later!), whisking until combined.
• Gently fold dry ingredients into wet and mix until just combined and pour batter into a piping bag. Spray your donut baking sheets with oil or butter. Pipe batter into donut molds, filling them about ½-¾ to the top (save room for expansion to maintain the donut hole in the middle).
• Bake donuts for 10 minutes and then let them cool on a cooling rack. While they’re cooling, crush the cardamom pods into a rough powder, and mix with sugar and cinnamon.
• Use a basting brush to lightly brush donuts, one-by-one with remaining brown butter and dipping in the cinnamon/cardamom/sugar mixture. Place back on cooling rack and serve warm or at room temp with a glass of your apple cider.

Notes

Instead of an actual piping bag, we just cut off the corner of a zip lock bag. Works just as well!

Keyword Apple, Cardamom, Cinnamon, Donut

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