Apple Cider Doughnuts
Air-fried doughnuts made with reduced apple cider and grated apple, tossed in cinnamon sugar.
⏱️ Prep: 45 min🍳 Cook: 10 min
Ingredients
| 2 cups | 480 ml | apple cider |
| 5 1/4 cups | 1.3 l | all-purpose flour |
| 2 tsp | 10 ml | baking powder |
| 1 tsp | 5 ml | baking soda |
| 1 tsp | 5 ml | salt |
| 1 tsp | 5 ml | cinnamon |
| 1/8 tsp | 0.6 ml | nutmeg |
| 1/4 cup | 60 ml | unsalted butter, softened |
| 1 cup | 240 ml | brown sugar |
| 2 | eggs | |
| 1 | honey crisp or pink lady apple, peeled | |
| 1 cup | 240 ml | sugar (for topping) |
| 1 tbsp | 15 ml | cinnamon (for topping) |
| 6 tbsp | 90 ml | melted butter (for topping) |
Instructions
Prep 45 m. Cook 10 m. Total 55 m. Servings: 12.
- Bring the apple cider to a boil in a medium saucepan and then lower the heat and simmer for about 15 to 20 minutes, until the cider reduces to 1/2 cup. Transfer the reduced cider to a bowl or measuring cup and allow it to cool in the refrigerator.
- Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a bowl.
- Cream the butter and brown sugar together until light and fluffy using a stand mixer or a large bowl and an electric hand mixer. Add the eggs one at a time and pour in the reduced apple cider. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix well until combined. Grate the apple with a box grater right into the dough and continue to mix. Then, turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead by hand for a few minutes until the soft dough comes together. The dough should not be sticky (add a little flour if it is). Divide the dough into two disks and wrap each one with plastic wrap. Refrigerate the dough for 30 minutes.
- Roll the dough out until it is 1 inch thick. Use a 3-inch round cookie or biscuit cutter to cut circles out of the dough. Then use a 1-inch round cookie cutter to cut a hole in the center of each circle. Gather the scraps into a ball and repeat with the remaining dough.
- Pre-heat the air fryer to 360°F for 2 minutes.
- Spray or brush the bottom of the air fryer basket with a little vegetable oil. Place 3 to 4 of the dough circles into the air fryer basket and let the dough rest in the (turned off) air fryer for 5 minutes to proof the dough. Then air-fry at 360°F for 5 minutes, turning over halfway through the cooking process. Repeat with the remaining doughnuts, letting each batch sit in the warm but turned off air fryer for 5 minutes before air-frying. (Don't forget to cook the holes too!)
- Combine the sugar and cinnamon together and place it in a shallow dish. Brush all sides of the cooked doughnuts with some melted butter and then toss in the cinnamon sugar. Grab a cup of coffee and enjoy.