Description
These homemade apple cider crumb donuts are baked and not fried and topped with a spiced crumb mixture that make them something special. These donuts are a taste of fall!
Ingredients
Scale
For the Donuts:
- Nonstick cooking spray
- 1¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 1¼ teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 12 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
- ¾ cup light brown sugar
- ¼ granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup apple cider
- 1 medium apple, peeled and grated (roughly ½ cup) [See Note]
For the Streusel:
- ½ cup old-fashioned oats
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup packed brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- Pinch of salt
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, cold and cubed
Powdered sugar, for topping (optional)
Instructions
For the Donuts:
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and coat two 6-count donut pans with nonstick spray.
- In a bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the butter and sugars together until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
- Add the eggs and mix until incorporated. Scrape down the bowl and add in the vanilla. Beat to combine.
- Add the flour mixture and mix on low speed until incorporated.
- With the mixer running, slowly stream in the apple cider and mix until the batter is smooth and well combined. Fold in the grated apple.
- Spoon the batter into prepared doughnut pans, filling them about ⅔ of the way full.
For the Streusel:
- Combine the oats, spices, flour, sugars, and salt in a bowl.
- Cut the cold butter in until the mixture is crumbly and the butter is evenly distributed. The mixture is ready when it can stick together when pinched between two fingers.
- Top the donuts with the streusel topping.
Bake the donuts for 12-15 minutes, rotating the pans halfway through, or until golden brown and cooked through. - Cool in the donut pan for a few minutes before removing.
- Dust with powdered sugar once the donuts have cooled (optional but recommended!).
Notes
- I like to grate the apple on a box grater, but you could also use a food processor.
- Donut batter lightly adapted from here.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: breakfast
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