These easy baked vegan apple cider donuts come together with 10 ingredients, in about 30 minutes. They're dairy-free, egg-free, vegan-friendly, and can easily be made gluten-free. Top with a cinnamon sugar coating for a delicious fall-inspired dessert!
After posting my baked pumpkin donuts recipe, several of y'all requested apple cider donuts be next on my list. Well here we are, just in time for Thanksgiving!
These baked donuts come together with minimal prep work. Simply reduce the apple cider down, whisk everything together, pipe into a donut pan, and bake to perfection.
Why you'll love this recipe
- It's like eating a homemade apple pie but in donut-form! Perfect for fall baking.
- These vegan baked donuts can be enjoyed fresh from the oven, drizzled in icing, dipped in dairy free ganache, or coated with a delicious cinnamon sugar mixture.
- They're baked instead of fried, giving these vegan apple cider donuts have a soft and fluffy texture with warm fall flavors.
Equipment
For perfectly shaped donuts, use a donut pan. Be careful not to overfull the pan though. Don't have a donut pan? Here's how to create a DIY donut pan, using a muffin pan and foil.
Ingredients
Here's what you need to make the best baked vegan apple cider donut recipe that the whole family will enjoy! Plus my recommended substitutions.
- Apple cider: Make sure to use apple cider, not apple juice, apple cider vinegar, or apple sauce!
- Flour: Use regular all purpose flour. For gluten free donuts, use your go-to gluten free flour blend.
- Sugar: I suggest using granulated sugar but coconut sugar is a great alternative.
- Baking powder and baking soda: These simple ingredients act as the leavening agent and give the donuts their soft, fluffy, airy texture.
- Cinnamon and nutmeg: The best part of this delicious treat is that it's bursting with fall flavors!
- Salt: Just a pinch to balance and enhance the flavors.
- Vegan butter: Use your favorite plant based butter or neutral oil like refined coconut oil or canola oil.
- Dairy free milk: Use any unsweetened and unflavored non dairy milk. I typically use oat milk, almond milk, soy milk, or coconut milk.
How to make baked apple cider donuts
The full directions for this delicious dairy free apple cider donut recipe without milk or eggs are in the printable recipe card below.
- Reduce the apple cider: Reducing the apple cider concentrates the bold apple flavor for an unbeatable taste.
- Whisk dry ingredients together: In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg.
- Add wet ingredients into mixing bowl: Pour in reduced apple cider, melted vegan butter or oil, and dairy free milk. Stir until just combined!
- Pipe batter into donut pan: Grease donut pan with cooking spray then fill with the batter using a piping bag.
- Bake for 10 minutes: Bake at 350F for about 10 minutes, remove from oven, and flip onto a wire rack to cool to room temperature.
- Let cool and decorate: Once cooled completely, make the cinnamon sugar coating by melting vegan butter and whisking cinnamon and sugar together in a small bowl. Brush the tops of each donut with melted butter and dip into the cinnamon sugar.
Related recipes
Try these dairy free fall recipes next:
- Mini apple pie tarts are the ultimate fall party dessert.
- Vegan pumpkin muffins are moist, soft, and fluffy!
- Dairy free and eggless pumpkin bread is a perfect breakfast treat.
- Air fryer apple chips make a healthy afternoon snack.
- Homemade mulled apple cider is cozy and comforting!
- If you loved this recipe, you'll also love my classic baked vegan donuts.
I hope y'all enjoy this dairy free and egg free apple cider donut recipe as much as we do! If you try this recipe, please share a photo with me over on Instagram.
Baked Vegan Apple Cider Donuts
Equipment
Ingredients
For the Donuts
- 1 ½ cups apple cider
- 1 ½ cup flour
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- 2 tablespoons melted vegan butter
- 2 tablespoons dairy-free milk
For the Cinnamon Sugar Coating
- 2 tablespoons melted vegan butter
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
- Start by reducing the apple cider in a small saucepan on the stove. To do this, bring apple cider to a boil, then reduce to a simmer, stirring occasionally for about 15 minutes. Once reduced to about ½ cup, remove from heat and let cool.
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg. Pour in reduced apple cider, melted vegan butter, and dairy-free milk. Stir to combine, being careful not to over mix! If the batter seems too dry, add extra dairy-free milk in one tablespoon at a time.
- Pipe the batter into a prepared donut pan, filling about ¾ of the way full. Bake at 350F for about 10 minutes. Flip baked donuts onto a cooling rack and let cool completely!
- To make cinnamon sugar coating, melt vegan butter. In a small bowl, whisk together sugar and cinnamon. Brush the tops of each donut with melted butter and dip into the cinnamon sugar.
Notes
Nutrition
Mary says
Do you mean apple cider as in apple juice or apple cider vinegar? I have the latter but haven't seen any cider in the stores.
Jenna Urben says
Hi Mary! You definitely want to use apple cider or apple juice, not ACV. Enjoy 🙂
Mary Ann Brown says
Mary I made them with apple juice and I think it was good.
Yolanda says
These look and sound delicious, especially for fall! I love donuts, but with this pandemic, I haven't had one forever as we don't do any takeout at all. I need to pick up that donut pan and start baking. Can't wait to try really soon 🙂
Jenna | The Urben Life says
I can't wait to y'all to try them at home 🙂 I love our donut pan, we make baked donuts all the time now. Definitely one of our quarantine cooking favorites!
Donna says
You've saved me a ton of money from buying them at the store! Thank you! I'm excited to try them!
Jenna | The Urben Life says
Yay!!! Let me know what you think 🙂
Linda says
My kid goes bonkers for apple cider doughnuts every fall! I'm adding these into the breakfast rotation to surprise him. They look amazing!
Jenna | The Urben Life says
Aww yay 🙂 Y'all enjoy!
Alyssa says
I love apple cider donuts, but I haven't made them in ages! I'll have to try your recipe!
Jenna | The Urben Life says
Let me know what you think 🙂 Enjoy!!
Heather says
We moved to Hudson Valley NY in July from NYC and we've fallen in love with apple cider donuts at all the local farms this fall!! My kids will get a kick out of making them ourselves, thank you!!
Jenna | The Urben Life says
Ohhh, I love that 🙂 Y'all enjoy!
Sacha says
I love donuts and these sound like such a delicious fall recipe!!
Jenna | The Urben Life says
Thanks so much, Sacha 🙂
Chloë says
How have I not found your blog before?! I have been looking for allergy-friendly recipes for so long and now I've finally found one. Looks like I'll be making every possible recipe on your blog, starting with these donuts!
Jenna | The Urben Life says
Aww yay, thanks 🙂 Let me know what you think! I'm on IG too @theurbenlife
Heather says
Apple cider donuts are my absolute favorite! I can't wait to try the baked version.
Jenna | The Urben Life says
Yay!!! Enjoy 🙂
Amber Myers says
These look delicious. I just love apple cider donuts so I'm excited to try them.
Jenna | The Urben Life says
Thanks so much 🙂 Let me know what you think and be sure to share a picture with me over on Instagram @theurbenlife
Marta says
I LOVE apple cider and I love donuts so this is going on my must bake list for this week.
Jenna | The Urben Life says
Perfect 🙂 Let me know what you think!