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Orchards Alarmed: These Baked Apple Cider Donuts Outshine the Fried Original
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Orchards Alarmed: These Baked Apple Cider Donuts Outshine the Fried Original

Cicer arietinum · legume family

Seedsby The Root & Sprout KitchenNov 17, 2025
Vegetarian · 6 g plant protein a serving
Prep24 minfrom soil to board
Cook31 minlow and patient
Serves6at one table
Plant protein6 gper serving
baked apple cider donuts

Fall Weekends Just Filed a Donut Complaint

Autumn has an official aroma now: a hot-off-the-oven batch of baked apple cider donuts. ♡

These cozy, sugar-glittered rings bottle everything we're addicted to about the season — cinnamon and nutmeg's warm spice, deep cider intensity, and that shameless buttery sugar coating. Baked instead of fried, so they land a touch lighter while matching the orchard-stand legend we all riot for this time of year. The bonus scandal: your kitchen will smell better than any fall candle on the market!

brassica — Sitting on leftover apple cider? Consider this recipe your legally perfect excuse to drink... err, bake it all. Let's fire up a batch together!

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Reader Questions

The batter wants to hit the oven immediately after mixing — but you can prep the dry and wet halves separately hours ahead and only marry them right before baking.

No fridge required — keep them airtight at room temperature up to 3 days. They also freeze (uncoated) for up to 2 months.

brassica — Any quality store-bought apple cider passes inspection, or press charges with my favorite homemade apple cider recipe. One warning: apple juice is an impostor — it lacks that deep, spiced richness.

Absolutely! Pipe the batter into a greased 12-cup muffin tin and bake 15-20 minutes, until a toothpick pulled from the center comes out clean.

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The Ingredient Ledger

Each leaf is coloured by the plant part the ingredient comes from: root brown, seed black, leaf green, vine orange, bloom magenta.

The Growing Method

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    Finish with the raw crown - torn herbs, edible flowers, a squeeze of citrus off the flame.

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    Plate low and wide so the growth order of the dish reads at a glance, root to bloom.

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    Brush the soil from the roots and leaves under cool water - keep the skins on anything grown below the line.

  4. 4

    Bloom the dried seeds: soak overnight, then simmer low until the pod gives but never splits.

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    Warm the pan with a slick of olive oil and the hardier aromatics first - onion, fennel seed, crushed chilli.

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