Vegan Apple Cider Donuts

5 from 1 vote

These cake-like vegan apple cider donuts are ready In under 30 minutes! Perfect for breakfast or dessert! A delicious fall vegan recipe!

Prep Time10

Cook Time12

Total Time22

Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: American

Servings: donuts

Calories: 314kcal

Author: Andrew Bernard

Ingredients

For the Donuts

2 cups flour
¼ cup brown sugar
¼ cup vegan cane sugar
2 teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 pinch ginger
1 pinch allspice
1 ¼ cups apple cider
½ tablespoon apple cider vinegar
¼ cup unsweetened applesauce
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

For the topping

6 tablespoon unsalted vegan butter, melted
1 cup coconut sugar (can sub for vegan cane sugar)
2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 pinch ginger
1 pinch allspice

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease two donut pans. Set aside.
*We used these donut pans.
Add all the dry ingredients in a bowl and whisk together.
Add in the wet ingredients in, adding the apple cider vinegar last. Mix well.
Pipe or spoon the batter ¾ths of the way full into greased donut pans.
Bake for 10-12 minutes or until cooked thoroughly.
While donuts cook, melt the butter in a small bowl.
Then mix all the remaining topping ingredients together in a bowl with a fork.
Remove donuts from oven and let cool for 10 minutes before topping.
Coat the donuts by brushing on the melted butter and the covering both sides with the topping.
Serve immediately. (*See notes)

Notes

*Note: The melted butter and topping should not be added unless eating within 4-6 hours.

*See post for notes about Top 8 Allergy Free variation

**Nutritional facts are just estimates. Please utilize your own brand nutritional values to double check against our estimates. Includes using all the topping. If you do not use it all, the values would be reduced.

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