Baked Apple Cider Donuts (low calorie)
These baked apple cider donuts are quick and easy, fluffy and loaded with spicy apple cider flavor! Made with 6 ingredients in 30 minutes. Low calorie, no dairy and with applesauce instead of oil. So sweet and spicy, these fall donuts will easily be your favorite fall donuts ever.
Servings: 6
Calories: 174kcal
Equipment
- measuring cups and spoons
- 2 mixing bowls
- hander mixer or spoon
- donut pan or muffin pan
Ingredients
Donuts
- ½ cup fresh apple cider no reduction needed
- 1 ¾ cup oat flour or 1 ¼ cup all-purpose or GF baking
- ½ cups pumpkin puree canned
- ½ cup cane sugar
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon apple pie spice or add 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and ¼ teaspoon each of cardamom, nutmeg and ginger
- pinch of salt
Cinnamon Sugar Coating
- ½ cup cane sugar
- 2 tablespoon cinnamon
Instructions
Prep
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Grease a 6-well donut pan or cupcake pan.
Make Donuts
- In a medium bowl, mix up dry ingredients.1 ¾ cup oat flour, 2 teaspoon baking powder, 1 teaspoon apple pie spice, pinch of salt, ½ cup cane sugar
- In a larger bowl, stir up wet ingredients and sugar. Mix with a hand mixer or spoon until just combined.½ cup fresh apple cider, ½ cups pumpkin puree, 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Pour the dry mixture into the wet mixture and use a hand mixer to blend smooth.
- Pipe or use a spoon to fill the wells to the top.
- Bake for 12 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean.
- Cool pan for 10 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack.
Make Cinnamon Sugar Coating
- Stir together the sugar cinnamon mix. Spray donuts with oil spray, dip both sides and spoon mix over to coat whole donuts.½ cup cane sugar, 2 tablespoon cinnamon
To Make as Muffins
- To make these donuts without a donut pan, use a muffin pan lined with paper. I fill wells about half way, and dip into the cinnamon sugar mixture once done. Bake muffins at 350 F for 15 minutes.
Store
- Baked apple cider donuts can be stored in an air-tight container for 2 days and then refrigerated for a week and microwaved for 15 seconds to warm them up. Apple cider donuts can be frozen for a month. Recoat them with cinnamon sugar once thawed.
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Notes
To make these donuts without a donut pan, use a muffin pan lined with paper. Bake muffins at 350 F for 15 minutes.
Baked apple cider donuts can be stored in an air-tight container for 2 days and then refrigerated for a week and microwaved for 15 seconds to warm them up.
Nutrition
Calories: 174kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 18mg | Potassium: 429mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 4484IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 103mg | Iron: 2mg
