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Baked Apple Coffee Cake Doughnuts

The only thing better than an apple cider doughnut is an apple streusel doughnut made with fresh macintosh apples, apple cider, and buttermilk. Happy fall!
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Apple Doughnuts, Baked Doughnuts, Coffee Cake Doughnuts
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 16 minutes
Total Time: 46 minutes
Makes: 12 doughnuts
Author: Sues

Ingredients

  • 1 cup apple cider
  • 12 Tbsp (1 ½ sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • Pinch salt
  • cup buttermilk
  • 1 cup finely diced macintosh apple (about 1 medium apple)

Streusel topping:

  • ½ cup all-purpose flour
  • cup packed brown sugar
  • ½ tsp cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 4 Tbsp cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces

Glaze:

  • cup confectioners' sugar
  • 2 tsp milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Instructions

  • Place apple cider in a small saucepan and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook until liquid has reduced to ½ cup. Set aside to cool to room temperature.
  • Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees and lightly spray a doughnut pan with cooking oil.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer or in a large bowl with hand mixer, beat butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
  • Add the eggs and mix to combine.
  • In a separate medium-sized bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
  • Stir dry ingredients into the butter sugar mixture, alternating with buttermilk and ½ cup apple cider reduction, until just combined. Take care not to over-mix.
  • Fold in diced macintosh apple.
  • Evenly distribute batter into prepared pan, filling cavities almost all the way. You can either spoon batter in or put it in a ziplock bag with the corner cut off and pipe it in.
  • Sprinkle a generous amount of streusel topping on top of each doughnut.
  • Bake doughnuts for 14-16 minutes, until doughnuts are starting to turn golden around edges and lightly spring back when touched.
  • Let cool in pan for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
  • Once cooled, drizzle glaze over the top.

Streusel topping

  • Whisk together flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt.
  • Using a pastry cutter or your fingers, cut cold butter into dry mixture, until small clumps form.
  • Keep in fridge until ready to use.

Glaze

  • In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together confectioners' sugar, milk, and vanilla.
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