Home · Recipes · Desserts & Baking · Donuts, Pancakes, & Waffles Brown Butter Apple Cider Donuts with Cider Glaze Author: Maryanne CabreraPublished: Oct 22, 2014Updated: Sep 19, 2022 View Recipe10 ReviewsThis post may contain affiliate links. Read our disclosure policy. Brown butter apple cider donuts taste like autumn in a bite! Enjoy it with a cup of coffee or a mug of cider. When I don’t have the energy to fry donuts, baked donuts come to my rescue. As soon a cooler weather hits Los Angeles, I’m all about these brown butter apple cider baked donuts with cider glaze. Every fall, I try to visit Oak Glen to go apple picking. Before I leave the orchards I stock up on fresh cider and bags full of mini cider donuts. Snow-Line Orchards makes my favorite cider donuts. They have this nifty machine that pumps out the freshly made treats. Baked Apple Cider Donuts Drink your apple cider, and eat it, too! Ingredients all-purpose flour spiced with cinnamon and nutmegbrown sugarbrown butterapple cidershredded apples Small Batch Donut Recipe The great thing about this recipe, it only makes 6 donuts! Use a standard size donut baking pan. No stand mixer or hand held mixer needed. A sturdy spatula will suffice! Use a pastry bag or a spoon to full the donut cavities with batter. I love everything about this donut. It smells like the apple orchards. It tastes like autumn. Enjoy it with a cup of coffee, a mug of cider, or a cinnamon dolce latte! Brown Butter Apple Cider Donuts with Cider Glaze No ratings yet Baked apple cider donuts spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg. These donuts are studded with shredded apples for extra texture and flavor!Yield: 6 baked donuts Prep Time: 15 minutes minutesCook Time: 10 minutes minutesTotal Time: 25 minutes minutes Servings: 6 Print Recipe Pin Recipe Rate Recipe Ingredients▢ 1 cup all-purpose flour (130 g)▢ ½ teaspoon baking powder▢ ½ teaspoon baking soda▢ ½ teaspoon fine sea salt▢ ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon▢ ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg▢ ⅓ cup dark brown sugar (67 g), packed▢ 2 Tablespoon unsalted butter, (28 g) browned and slightly cooled▢ 1 large egg▢ ¼ cup apple cider▢ ¼ cup whole milk▢ ½ cup shredded apples (57 g)Apple Cider Glaze:▢ 2 cup confectioners’ sugar (227 g)▢ ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon▢ 1 Tablespoon whole milk▢ 2 Tablespoon apple cider Instructions Preheat oven to 350° F. Lightly coat donut pan with cooking spray. Set aside. In a large bowl combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and brown sugar.In a small saucepot, melt butter over medium heat. Continue to cook until butter until butter smells nutty and fragrant. The milk solids in the butter will turn rich brown in color. Remove from heat and allow to cool in small bowl.In another bowl, whisk together egg, apple cider, and milk. Add wet mixture to dry flour mixture. Pour in cooled butter. Follow with grated apples. Stir to combine but until there are no more dry streaks of flour. Do not overmix. Spoon batter into prepared donut pan. Fill molds almost to the top with batter. Bake for 8-10 minutes until donuts have puffed. Remove from oven and allow to cool in donut pan for 3 minutes before inverting and unmolding. Allow donuts to cool to room temperature on wire rackTo make cider glaze: whisk together confectioners’ sugar, ground cinnamon, milk, and apple cider until smooth. Allow to sit for 3-5 minutes to thicken. Stir before using. Dip cooled donuts into glaze. Place glazed donuts on wire rack to allow glaze to set. NutritionCalories: 345kcal | Carbohydrates: 72g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 43mg | Sodium: 343mg | Potassium: 99mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 54g | Vitamin A: 189IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 60mg | Iron: 1mg Author: Maryanne Cabrera Course: Breakfast, DessertCuisine: American Did you make this recipe?Show us on Instagram! Tag @littleepicurean and hashtag #littleepicurean.
Jen @ Baked by an Introvert says: October 22, 2014 Best of luck with your training. It takes a ton of motivation. Baked donuts are just as good as the fried ones. I am a huge apple cider donut fan and these look incredible. Pinning! Reply
Maryanne Cabrera says: October 23, 2014 Thanks Jen! These are booming with apple flavors. I can’t wait to make them again :)
Sarah @ SnixyKitchen says: October 22, 2014 I’m also lucky I don’t have one of those machines, or I’d eat donuts all day (and subsequently have a headache all day). Now you’re convincing me to add donut pan to my shopping list though! Reply
Maryanne Cabrera says: October 23, 2014 What are you waiting for?! Get a donut pan! I prefer the mini donut pan because they’re much cuter ;)
Thalia @ butter and brioche says: October 23, 2014 Wow these apple cider donuts look and sound delicious – I have to shamefully admit though I have never made donuts before.. this definitely has to change! Reply
Healing Tomato says: October 23, 2014 What a wonder recipe for donuts. I love Apple Cider and lately, I am substituting it for Lemon juice. This will be a fun recipe to make Reply
Anne Marie says: October 23, 2014 One of my very favorite memories about apple picking as a kid were the apple cider donuts we’d eat afterwards, as a reward for all of our “hard work!” So I am overly excited to make these. And as a fellow runner, the fact that they’re baked means that they are perfectly acceptable as pre-and post-run fuel. :) Love your blog! Reply