Vegan Apple Cider Doughnuts

5 from 5 votes

Soft, fluffy, coated in cinnamon sugar, and bursting with fall flavors, these vegan apple cider doughnuts bake up in minutes and are a delicious way to celebrate the season. Guaranteed to satisfy your sweet tooth!

Prep Time15

Cook Time12

Total Time27

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: doughnuts

Calories: 222kcal

Author: Alissa Saenz

Ingredients

For the Doughnuts

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
¼ cup organic granulated sugar
¼ cup organic brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
½ teaspoon salt
⅔ cup apple cider (not apple cider vinegar, Note 1)
¼ cup vegetable oil (or your favorite baking oil)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

For the Coating

½ cup organic granulated sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 tablespoons vegan butter, melted

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Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350°. Lightly oil ten cavities of a twelve cavity doughnut pan or a couple of six cavity doughnut pans.
To make the batter, first whisk the flour, sugar brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and salt together in a medium mixing bowl.
Stir the apple cider, oil, and vanilla together in a separate bowl or large liquid measuring cup.
Add the cider mixture to the flour mixture. Whisk or stir the ingredients together just until fully mixed.
Spoon (or pipe, using a pastry bag) the batter into the oiled doughnut cavities, filling each cavity to just below the brim.
Bake the doughnuts for about 12 to 14 minutes, until they spring back when lightly touched.
Transfer the doughnut pan to a cooling rack and allow the doughnuts to cool.
While the doughnuts cool, stir the sugar and cinnamon for the coating together in a small bowl.
Once cool, brush each doughnut with melted butter, then dip it in the cinnamon sugar mixture, gently rolling it around until fully coated.
Serve.

Notes

This ingredient is a product suitable for drinking that is typically referred to as "apple cider" in the United States and Canada. In some other regions it may be called "cloudy apple juice" or something similar. Do not use apple cider vinegar or your doughnuts will not turn out right.

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