Love Apple Cider Doughnuts but want to avoid the frying? These Baked Apple Cider Doughnuts are full of the cider flavor without any of the deep-frying fuss.
Preheat mini-doughnut maker or your oven to 350 degrees. If using a doughnut pan and a conventional oven, spray mini doughnut pan with cooking spray.
Combined flour, sugars, baking powder, salt, and apple pie spice in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk together apple cider, egg, butter, and vanilla until well combined.
Pour wet ingredient mixture over dry ingredient mixture and stir gently until batter forms. Add batter to a large ziploc bag, snip off an end, and pipe either into your doughnut pan OR spray your mini doughnut maker with cooking spray and then pipe directly into it. Fill cavities halfway with doughnut batter.
Bake for 4 minutes in mini doughnut or 4-6 in conventional oven, until they spring back when touched gently or a toothpick inserted into a doughnut comes out clean. Remove carefully from doughnut maker/pan to cool on a wire rack.
While they are cooling, *make the glaze.* Sift powdered sugar and apple pie spice into a small bowl and add apple cider one tablespoon at a time until a thick glaze forms. If mixture is too runny, add a little more powdered sugar. If too thick, keep adding apple cider.
Dip doughnuts either halfway or completely in glaze, then let dry on cooling rack.