Apple Cider Donut Muffins. Your favorite apple cider donut, turned into a perfectly spiced and moist muffin, coated in cinnamon and sugar. As I type this, I'm sitting in Aruba's I actually made these apple cider donut muffins weeks ago. I've been itching to share these babies with you!

PHOTO: Apple cider donut muffins made by cookbook author and food editor Amy Traverso. (Carl Tremblay). In a saucepan, bring the apple cider to a boil over high heat. Apple cider donuts made in muffin form means no frying, but the same sweet cinnamon-accented taste and tender crumb you crave. You can cook Apple Cider Donut Muffins using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Apple Cider Donut Muffins

1. It's 1 1/2 cup of all-purpose flour.
2. Prepare 1/2 cup of sugar.
3. You need 1/2 cup of light brown sugar.
4. Prepare 1 tsp of baking powder.
5. It's 1/2 tsp of baking soda.
6. Prepare 1/4 tsp of salt.
7. You need 3/4 tsp of cinnamon.
8. Prepare 1/4 tsp of nutmeg.
9. It's 3/4 cup of apple cider.
10. You need 1 of egg.
11. It's 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract.
12. It's 5 tbsp of butter, melted.
13. Prepare 3/4 cup of sugar.
14. You need 1 1/4 tsp of cinnamon.
15. It's 1 of last three ingredients for topping.

These Donut Muffins are baked with apple cider, apple sauce and rolled in a cinnamon sugar coating. They're paleo-friendly and make the perfect healthy breakfast or afternoon treat for fall. Gluten-free, refined sugar-free, dairy-free with low carb keto sweetener options. These Apple Cider Donut Muffins are simple to make and the perfect breakfast muffin for Autumn!

Apple Cider Donut Muffins step by step

1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease muffin pan. In medium bowl, add cider, egg and vanilla. Set aside..
2. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg..
3. With mixer on low, incorporate wet ingredients into dry ingredients. Mix just until combined..
4. With a large scoop, divide batter evenly between prepared muffin pan..
5. Bake for 15 to 18 minutes, until toothpick comes out clean. Immediately turn out on rack..
6. Topping: melt butter in medium bowl. Combine sugar and cinnamon in medium bowl. Coat each muffin in melted butter then roll in cinnamon sugar mixture. Return to rack to cool..

I took Hannah's Apple Cider Doughnut Cake recipe and lightly adapted it to make it into muffins. Then I added a simple crumble to the top because YUM. Apple cider donut muffins taste just like baked apple cider donuts! This easy mini muffin recipe makes delicious apple cider spice muffins. They're the baked version of my apple cider donut holes.