Apple Cider Doughnuts

Here is a really good recipe. This is just like the donuts that you would get at the apple orchards. The difference between this recipe and other doughnut recipes is that this one has apple cider in the batter. These are good!

1 cup apple cider
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup coconut oil
2 large eggs
1/2 cup buttermilk
3 1/2 cup flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp.cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
Coconut oil for frying
1 cup cinnamon sugar


 Boil apple cider in a small pan on medium until reduced to 1/4 cup, about 10-12 min.; cool. In a large bowl, beat sugar and coconut oil until smooth. Add eggs and mix well. Add buttermilk and the reduced cider. Stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda. cinnamon and salt. Add to liquid ingredients, stirring after each addition,mixing until just combined.

Transfer dough to lightly floured surface and pat to 1/2 inch thickness. Cut with a 2 1/2 to 3 inch cutter. I use a mason jar turned upside down as a "cutter". It works perfectly. I do have a doughnut cutter, but it is small. I do remove the "hole" on the cutter and use that to make my doughnut holes. You can use whatever you have to cut these doughnuts.

Reserve the holes to add to the remaining dough to make more doughnuts. In a deep pan, or deep fryer, add enough coconut oil so the doughnuts will float when put into the oil. Heat to 375. Fry several doughnuts at a time, turning once or twice as they brown. they will get a dark brown color. This will take about 3-4 min.

Remove with slotted spoon onto paper towels. While they are still warm, roll them in the cinnamon sugar mixture. Cool on a wire rack. Enjoy!

A note about the coconut oil:  I use coconut oil in place of recipes for shortening. Shortening is not good for you and I think coconut oil burns cleaner and the taste of the food is better defined. You can use either refined or unrefined oil depending on your taste. The refined has been processed just enough as to not have the "coconut" taste, which is good for cooking. Of course, the unrefined still has the "coconut taste". You can use either, depending on your choice. They both work equally well.  We have thrown out all vegetable oil and replaced it with coconut oil. Feel free to use vegetable oils or shortening if you desire, but I highly recommend switching to coconut oil. You won't be sorry.