These apple cider donut bites have a delightful autumn flavor thanks to the incorporation of apple pie spice and sparkling apple cider. Plan ahead as it requires a silicone mold, which can be bought from Amazon. I got a total of 21 bites, your serving size may vary.
Ingredients
- ¼ cups all-purpose flour: 2 piece
- white sugar: 3 Tbsp
- baking powder: 4 tsp
- ½ teaspoons apple pie spice: 1 piece
- salt: 0.5 tsp
- unsweetened applesauce: 1 container (4 ounce container)
- sparkling apple cider: 0.5 cup
- unsalted butter, melted and cooled: 0.25 cup
- egg: 1 piece
- apple cider vinegar: 1 tsp
- powdered sugar: 2 cups
- apple pie spice: 0.5 tsp
- sparkling apple cider: 0.25 cup
- caramel extract: 1 tsp (optional)
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Stages of cooking
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Preheat the air fryer to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) for 5 minutes.
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Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, apple pie spice, and salt in a large bowl. Whisk together.
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Combine applesauce, sparkling apple cider, melted butter, egg, and vinegar in a small bowl; whisk until well combined. Add wet ingredients to the dry ingredients using a spatula and blend until just combined. Using a spring-hinged ice cream scoop, fill each individual cavity of the silicone donut mold with 2 tablespoons batter. Place mold into the air fryer basket.
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Decrease temperature to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and cook for 8 minutes. Carefully turn out the donut bites and cook for an additional 2 minutes.
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Remove donut bites from the basket when done and let cool completely on a wire rack before glazing, about 30 minutes.
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Combine powdered sugar and apple pie spice in a small bowl and whisk together. Add sparkling apple cider and caramel extract; whisk together until the glaze is smooth.
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Dip each donut bite into the glaze, rolling it so that all sides are covered with the glaze. Set on a wire rack to allow the glaze to dry and harden before eating.
