Apple Cider Donuts | Basics with Babish

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[coffeeandcupcakes]

Apple Cider Doughnuts are definitely one of the 'pros' of living in the Northeast. Honestly a true apple cider doughnut is not like any doughnut you've ever had before. The apple cider does something magical to the dough, something wonderful. The entire outside of the cider doughnut becomes just a little crunchy, while the inside remains so light and fluffy that it just floats in your mouth. Even without all the cinnamon sugar topping, it's still really amazing. It is by far the best thing to eat with a cup of hot apple cider as you are walking around the cold outdoors up here. If you are buying your doughnuts and cider from a booth instead of making them, do the bee check. If you don't see any bees buzzing around the booth, MOVE ON. If you indeed see a plethora of happy bees attracted to the golden nectar being made inside, you have arrived at the right place. I recommend dunking the apple cider doughnut into your hot apple cider for 3 seconds. Dunking it for less time than that and you won't get the perfect balance of cider and doughnut ratio, any more time than that and you will lose your doughnut in the apple cider. Not the worst thing in the world, but everyone around you will definitely know you are a novice, so don't let it happen! Happy Autumn everyone!

[oClock]

"Use non-stick spray to make the cinnamon sugar stick."
Love paradoxes.

[gregthatcher]

Babish this is exactly the recipe i need in my life. The love of my life just revealed to me she loves these doughnuts and now i can make her some. Much thanks!

[blockrocka]

As someone who grew up mostly in Michigan, cider donuts are as essential to the autumn experience as football, pumpkin spice, and orange leaves. Sadly, since I moved South, there haven't been many opportunities to get them. But this video gives me some ideas...

[MrTooner]

"You took your sweetheart to the apple orchard."

Dude you can't just swing for the kneecaps right out the gate like that.

[anamelikemine]

Made these professionally for 7 years.

We made the donuts using the drop method with a donut hopper. load the hopper with the mix and dropped the donut directly into the fryer.

The dough itself needs to be thinner but in turn, you dont need actually roll it out. Makes the donut light and fluffy.

[bunnypunk]

"If it's clear and yella, you got juice there fella! If it's tangy and brown, you're in cider town!"

Ned Flanders, 1996

[AHomelessShoe]

I grew up on an apple orchard. We never made doughnuts, but every year we would make a giant batch of apple butter over a bonfire.

[JamiUwU]

Ever since I moved from the Midwest I can’t find anywhere that makes these (at least as tasty) so thank you. 🥺❤️

[MrJoshuaGould]

Particularly enjoyed the absolute drop of self-belief during the donut holes "advert"

[FoolOfATuque]

I made apple cider donuts a couple weeks ago. It was Brian Lagerstrom’s apple cider donuts. First time I’ve ever had something like that and it was amazing. He uses a straight apple cider and a hybrid yeast/cake dough. Also he coats the doughnuts in raw sugar to give them a bit of a crunch. Probably the best donuts I’ve ever had and they were bursting with apple flavor.

[Thendlessilence]

"Applesauce is for babies"

And Just like that every German in the world just got a little bit angry, and they're not sure why.

[BoJittins]

I worked on an apple orchard for 2 years and the apples were by far on a completely different level to any storebought apple. They didn't look as shiny or clean, but they were by far the best tasting. The cider made from it was not comparable to apple juice, due to the cider being purely better in every shape and form. We even had dark red pigmented apples that turned the apple cider a ruby red hue, or green apple cider made from unripe apples. Doughnuts are all the same though, I think the cider makes the moment.

[TG.Rohrbacher]

When you’re done with the apples and the juice you can use the leftover fruit mush to make apple sauce or apple preserves

[semihtor]

My child, 8 years old, bawling his eyes out: Why can’t I have a donut hole?
Me, eating all the donut holes: Because Andrew said so!

[LordofBays]

2:00 That was some real YSAC energy, adding in order the butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar while narrating the opposite direction.

[charliparvin]

All my fellow Brits being like “…but where’s the alcohol in the cider?”
(I know Americans don’t usually have alcoholic cider but that still blows my mind)

[DP-nluq]

I live in FL and I just had my parents from New England bring me 2 dozen of these and had them buy a third for their flight crew. They were quite appreciative as was I LOVE AC donuts

[NJchest]

BABISH IS MAKING THE FOOD I MAKE FOR MY JOB! LONG LIVE THE DONUT KING!!!

[rlwalker]

Thanks for the grams. It saves me from washing a ton of measuring dishes. Grams also covers the entire range of recipe weights from 5-7gms for items like yeast and salt to hundreds of grams for items like flour and sugar. Same set of scales and I can just keep going.