Ingredients
Method
- Pour cider in a nonstick saucepan and cook over medium heat without lid until it's reduced to 1/3 cup. It will become a thick syrup. Keep aside and allow it to cool down.
- In a large mixing bowl, add egg, granulated sugar, brown sugar, butter, milk, vanilla extract and mix until smooth. Keep aside.
- In another mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom.
- Dump this dry mixture into the wet mixture, along with the reduced apple cider, and mix until just combined. Don't over-mix!
- Pour batter in a greased donut pan, filling halfway through.Tip: Pour batter in piping bag and pipe batter in the donut pan. It's easier and neater.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for about 10 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
- Allow the donuts to cool down for 5 minutes at room temperature and then remove from pan.
- While the donuts are cooling, mix together sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom in a wide bowl.
- Brush melted butter all over each donut and roll in the bowl of sugar until fully coated.
- Serve immediately and enjoy!
Nutrition
Notes
Simmering 1.5 cups of apple cider down to just 1/3 cup evaporates excess water while concentrating the fruit's natural malic acid and sugars, delivering a deeply punchy apple flavor without compromising the batter's delicate liquid-to-flour ratio.