Vegan Apple Cider Donuts Recipe - The Urben Life (2024)

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 adonut 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.

1. Reduce the apple cider: Reducing the apple cider concentrates the bold apple flavor for an unbeatable taste.
2. Whisk dry ingredients together: In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg.
3. Add wet ingredients into mixing bowl: Pour in reduced apple cider, melted vegan butter or oil, and dairy free milk. Stir until just combined!
4. Pipe batter into donut pan: Grease donut pan with cooking spray then fill with the batter using a piping bag.
5. 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.
6. 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.

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