How To Make Baked Apple Cider Donuts | Food Wishes

Baking donuts is not only way easier, and way less messy than frying them, but for some varieties, like these incredibly delicious apple cider donuts, the results come out even better. Enjoy!

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How To Make Baked Apple Cider Donuts | Food Wishes

[MarySanchez-qkhp]

Long, long ago, I was the "fancy" finisher at a Mister Donut. Those are the people who decorate and fill them, after a guy bakes or fries them. And I want to say, Chef, that even with the hole still filled in, it's still a donut, whether fried or yeast-raised. Another alternative to punching out the yummy hole would have been to think it's serendipitous, and spoon a little apple filling into the center, before or after icing it with apple cider icing, rather than punching out the hole. It would be a fancy, with an extra bite to eat or dunk! (and you can charge more for fancies, even personalize them for the cops who came in at night for free donuts and coffee). Cream and jelly filled donuts are still donuts, as are fancies, which are open-faced and filled on top, rather than the filling injected on the inside. If I made these, I'd overfill the tray just like you, but put apple filling in the center, after tossing them in cinnamon sugar, or dribbling apple cider icing over them. They'd all be tempting.

[brittanyish]

"And I'm gonna punch out those centers, and of course as I do I'm going to eat them." This speaks to my soul.

[MisterKisk]

Chef John, my mom loved watching your videos and making your recipes. We always talked about them, and enjoyed every single one we made. She passed away this morning, and I just want to thank you for all of your videos and the joy of cooking that you bring.

[lukasoitzl]

I just made them this morning. They're absolutely delicious. Since I live in Austria donut pans are impossible to come by, I just made them in muffin tins and they turned out really good as well. They might take a minute or two longer.

[lizisasleep]

I didn’t think buying donut pans was on the agenda for my week, but here we are.

[ElizabethT]

"We'll clean off the pan with the tip of our finger, then clean our finger with our mouth" I love Chef John! 🤣

[theonlymegumegu]

Every moment Chef John keeps his "mistakes" in and just turns it into content = the best moments ^_^

[tntbrett]

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

[christinawilson]

Don't cut out the hole, use them as "bowl." Fill them with fruit--even an apple compote

[TheMillennialGardener]

I just made these. I followed the recipe pretty much exactly, except I made half a batch and scaled everything in half. Normally, I don't care for donuts, because I dislike fried, oily foods. All I can say is WOW, these are phenomenal. These remove that fried component, so there is so much more flavor without that grease muting the taste. The texture is a very light, airy cake, and the apple cider flavor is very pronounced. They're incredible. It was very difficult to only eat one. Still warm out of the oven, they're a 10/10.

[ricklockett]

Whether you know it or not, you've helped keep me sane and safe this year. Thank you.

[desireeweathers]

Oh my God!! Just made these. Where has this been all my life? This is a tradition now. Soooo good

[moogie]

Sitting around at night with hot apple cider in a mug and an apple cider donut to "dunk"... Now THAT'S living! (and if someone spills a little spiced rum into your mug, so much the better!)

[bloodphoenixab]

I just realized that these are the same donuts I had once during a visit to NY. I visited a green apple orchard upstate with my brother and he bought me some of these to try. They were so addicting!

[hdezines]

Thanks Chef John, I'm going to bake these for my 96 year old Grandmother this weekend. She loves having a little sweet treat with her coffee ♡

[BeetTheRush]

I had no idea about the apple cider thing. The only apple cider I know has alcohol. Thanks for warning your European friends, I appreciate it 🤗

[kendra]

Chef John is a saint. He's hilarious and his voice is so soothing, I could watch his videos forever.

[ShanevsDCsniperr]

thanks for the tip about remembering what i forgot, i always forget to do that.

[digabledoug]

Slide trombone is what I hear every time I try to cook. Thanks Chef John for making it a bit easier.

[HeartandSoulApothecary]

Tip from my grandmother - when it comes to doughnut & muffin pans, while buttering, also butter the top of the pans, not just the 'hole/well' sections, this way if any batter blooms during baking and goes over the 'well area' and onto the top of the muffin/doughnut pan making them easier to pop right out of their baking pans. ;)