Homemade Fried Apple Cider Doughnuts - Heart's Content Farmhouse

Prep Time:30

Cook Time:5

Total Time:35

Make the dough. Combine the sugar plus the wet ingredients (eggs, milk, boiled cider) in a large mixing bowl using a hand mixer on low. Add the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cloves, ginger, allspice, and cinnamon.). Mix on low until a soft dough forms. Let it rest on the counter while you heat the oil.
Prep for frying. In a Dutch oven or heavy skillet such as cast iron, pour frying oil until it is two inches deep. Line a rimmed baking sheet with paper towels for placing hot doughnuts. Mix the cinnamon and sugar for the topping in a large bowl and set aside.
Roll out and cut. Turn the dough out onto a heavily floured surface and roll it out with a floured rolling pin until 1/2 inch thick. Using a doughnut cutter or two round biscuit cutters, cut out the doughnuts. To avoid waste, cut close together. You can gather the scraps and re-roll them once.
Heat the oil and fry. Heat the oil over medium until it reaches 340 degrees. Fry the doughnuts for two minutes per side. Fry the doughnut holes for one minute per side. Remove and let them drain briefly on paper towels, then toss in cinnamon sugar while they are still warm. Serve immediately.

Boiled cider is simply a cider concentrate. You can order it here, or make your own from regular cider by following these instructions.

Prefer a glaze instead of sugar coating? Mix 1 tablespoon boiled apple cider, 1 cup powdered sugar, and a dash of milk.

Deep-fried yeast doughnuts are delicious too, but a very different process.

Servings: doughnuts

Calories: 232kcal

Author: Katie