Apple cider doughnuts
Cake doughnuts with reduced cider, rolled in cinnamon sugar
On autumn weekends the orchards of Vermont, New Hampshire and the Hudson Valley fry cider doughnuts by the hundred for families who come to pick apples. Fresh, cloudy apple cider (unfiltered apple juice, not the alcoholic kind) is boiled down to a syrup so the tender cake doughnut tastes of apple, then rolled hot in cinnamon sugar. Chef's tip: keep the oil at 180 °C with a thermometer; cooler oil makes greasy doughnuts and hotter oil burns them before the middle cooks.
- Total time
- 65 min
- Difficulty
- medium
- Serves
- 14
Ingredients
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Method
0/7 doneStep 1: Boil the 2 cups cloudy apple juice (fresh cider) in a wide pan for about 20 minutes, until reduced to 120 ml. Let it cool.
25 minStep 2: Beat the 1 ⅜ oz butter and 5 ½ oz sugar, then beat in the 2 eggs one at a time. Stir in the reduced cider and ½ cup buttermilk.
4 minStep 3: Whisk the 15 oz plain flour, 2 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda, 1 tsp ground cinnamon, ½ tsp grated nutmeg and ½ tsp salt and stir into the wet mix to a soft, sticky dough. Scrape onto floured baking paper, pat to 2 cm thick and chill for 30 minutes.
35 minStep 4: Mix the 5 ½ oz sugar and 1 tbsp ground cinnamon on a plate. Heat the 6 ¼ cups vegetable oil in a deep, heavy pan to 350°F; never fill it more than a third full.
10 minStep 5: Roll the dough to 1.5 cm on a floured worktop and cut rings with an 8 cm cutter and a 3 cm cutter for the holes. Re-roll scraps once.
8 minStep 6: Fry 3 or 4 at a time for 1–1½ minutes a side, until deep golden and cracked on top. A common mistake is crowding the pan, which drops the oil temperature. Drain for 30 seconds on kitchen paper.
20 minStep 7: Roll the warm doughnuts in the cinnamon sugar and eat the same day.
5 min
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 260 kcal
- Protein
- 4 g
- Carbs
- 38 g
- Fat
- 10 g
- Fibre
- 1 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does apple cider doughnuts take?
- About 65 minutes in total: 40 minutes to prepare and 25 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 14 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegetarian?
- Yes. It has no meat or fish.
- What can I use instead of butter?
- The same weight of ghee or coconut oil (for frying and most baking).
- What can I use instead of sugar?
- Caster sugar, same amount.
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