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    Home » Food » 5 Ingredient Recipes

    New Contributor + Easy Apple Cider Doughnuts

    Oct 9, 2013 ·

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    "Meet Erin, Freutcake's newest food contributor and one of the sweetest ladies you will ever know! Erin is an associate food editor at Good Housekeeping in New York City, a food blogger at Food and Femininity, and a wiz at developing delicious and easy recipes. Today I am happy to announce that Erin will be writing a new column of '5 Ingredient Recipes' because let's face it—we could all use a few easy and delicious items in our recipe repertoires, am I right? So without further ado, here's Erin with her Easy Apple Cider Doughnuts...my mouth is already watering." - Leah

    Fall wouldn’t quite be the same without cozy sweaters, pumpkin spice lattes and apple cider doughnuts—which seem to only pop up for a few delicious weeks here in New York City! That’s why this year I decided to create a super-easy, copycat cider doughnut recipe that we can delight in at home whenever the craving hits. How sweet would it be to surprise your friends and family with a warm cider doughnut breakfast?

    Apple Cider Doughnuts

    Here’s the thing though: The doughnut making process has always seemed pretty daunting to me, what about you? To make the recipe as stress-free as possible, I decided to use store-bought refrigerator biscuit dough as my doughnut base. Works like a charm! The biscuits are sweet, tender and puff right up when you fry ‘em, just like regular doughnuts.

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    A quick cider glaze and cinnamon sugar give these kind-of-homemade sweets the full cider doughnut treatment. Don’t forget to save the doughnut centers once you’ve cut out all of the dough–they’re perfect for making sugary little doughnut holes!

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    photos by Erin Phraner

    5 Ingredient Apple Cider Doughnuts
    Makes 16 mini-doughnuts

    2 cups apple cider
    ½ cup confectioners’ sugar
    1 cup granulated sugar
    2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
    2 (16-ounce) rolls refrigerator biscuits, such as Grands Original Biscuits
    Pantry Staple: Vegetable oil, for frying

    Directions:

    1. Make the glaze: Bring the apple cider to a simmer in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Simmer until reduced to ½ cup, about 10 minutes. Transfer to a small bowl, add the confectioners’ sugar and whisk until smooth; set aside.
    2. Make the cinnamon sugar: In a separate small bowl, whisk together the granulated sugar and cinnamon; set aside.
    3. Make the doughnuts: Heat 2 inches vegetable oil in a heavy-bottomed pot or skillet over medium-high heat until a deep-fry thermometer registers 350˚.
    4. Meanwhile, separate the refrigerator biscuits and cut each into a doughnut using a small doughnut cutter (this is the one I used!) or by stamping out the biscuit centers with a small circle cookie cutter, they’ll just be a little larger that way. (Save the centers for making doughnut holes! Just follow the steps below using the little dough rounds.)
    5. Working in batches, slip 3 or 4 doughnuts at a time into the hot oil and fry until golden brown, about 1 minute per side, adjusting the heat as needed. Transfer to paper towels or a wire rack set over a rimmed baking sheet to catch any excess oil.
    6. One at a time, dip both sides of 1 doughnut in the cider glaze, letting the excess drip off. Press both sides in the cinnamon sugar to coat completely. Serve warm—they’re best that way!—or store at room temperature for up to 1 day.

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    1. Marisa says

      October 09, 2013 at 9:25 am

      What is happening to me... I'm becoming more domestic & wanting to BAKE! 🙂 This looks fun & yummy!

    2. Warm Vanilla Sugar says

      October 09, 2013 at 1:23 pm

      Mmmm these sound sooo freaking good!

      • Erin Phraner (@erinphraner) says

        October 10, 2013 at 8:09 am

        Merci bien, Warm Vanilla Sugar! xo

    3. Jackie {York Avenue} says

      October 09, 2013 at 2:10 pm

      Looks delicious! I'm hoping to make apple cider doughnuts this weekend, and now I'm wishing I had some right now.

    4. ChristmasKitty says

      October 09, 2013 at 9:17 pm

      Welcome Erin! I love donghnuts, so I can't believe I've never had an apple cider doughnut! This sounds like my kind of sweet treat 🙂

      • ephraner says

        October 10, 2013 at 8:06 am

        You're so sweet, ChristmasKitty—thank you for the warm welcome!! Let us know if you try 'em. I'd love to know what you think! xo

    5. Tammy Thiele says

      October 09, 2013 at 9:37 pm

      Welcome to Erin! And I can't wait to try to make these! They sound perfect for a chilly Fall day!

      • ephraner says

        October 10, 2013 at 8:03 am

        Thank you very much Tammy!! So happy to be here. Definitely give these a try on a chilly fall morning—they're heavenly 🙂 xox

    6. huntfortheverybest says

      October 10, 2013 at 8:58 am

      they sound yummy!

    7. MaryAnne says

      October 10, 2013 at 11:49 am

      Welcome Erin! I'm not usually a doughnut person, but these sound delicious! Maybe it's the cooler weather...

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