Servings: 30 Prep Time: 1hr 40min Cook Time: 20-30 seconds Total Time: 1hr 41min

Ingredients For The Dough:

6 Tbs active dry yeast
4 Tbs of coconut sugar
5 cups of gluten free all purpose flour (find my favorite here)*
2 cups of apple cider, warm (heated about 110˚F)
2 whole eggs
2 egg yolks
1/2 cup of coconut oil, measured then melted
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 container of canola oil for frying (I typically use a 24 oz bottle)

Ingredients For The Apple Cider Filling:

3 whole apples, peeled and chopped (I typically use 2 Granny Smith & 1 Honey Crisp apples)
1 tsp of cinnamon
1/4 tsp sea salt
2 Tbs of apple cider
1 1/2 Tbs coconut oil
1 Tbs of gluten free flour

Cinnamon Sugar Coating:

1 Cup of white sugar
2 Tbs of cinnamon

Directions:

In a large mixing bowl or stand mixer with the paddle attachment, add yeast, apple cider and 2 cups of flour and mix until smooth. Allow the mixture to rest in a warm place covered with a clean kitchen towel for 20 minutes.
After 20 minutes switch to the dough hook attachment of your mixer and mix on low to deflate. If you don’t have a stand mixer mix by hand with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula/scraper. Add in coconut sugar, eggs, egg yolks, melted coconut oil and vanilla and mix until smooth.
Now add the remaining flour 1/2 cup at a time. Keep adding flour and mixing on low until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl. The dough should still be very moist and even a little sticky. Cover the dough and refrigerate for at least 1 hour (can refrigerate up to 12 hours).
While the dough is rising, make the apple cider filling. Add coconut oil, apples, coconut sugar, apple cider, cinnamon & salt to a large skillet over medium heat. Mix together until the apples are completely coated.
Cook the apple filling mixture until the apples are soft and the mixture is bubbling. Once apples are soft, remove from heat and add in the flour and mix. The filling should be the same consistency as apple pie filling. Set aside to cool.
Once dough is finished rising take two large baking sheets and line them with press and seal wrap or parchment paper and spray with cooking spray. Pull the dough out and place on a lightly flour surface. I usually cut the dough in half and freeze one half. This recipe makes 30 donuts so I usually only make 15 at a time.
Flour the top of the dough and roll out. For traditional donuts roll out 1/4 inch thick. Take a round cutter (I use a large mason jar lid) press down on the dough, twist and pull. Make sure to try to get as many circles out of the dough as possible. Once there can be no more circles made, re-roll the dough. Repeat this step until all the dough is used up.
Take half of the circles and place them on the baking sheets. Add some of the apple cider filling to the center of each circle. Take another circle and place on top of the circle with the filled donuts. Take a slightly smaller circle (I use a smaller cup) and press around the two circles to seal the edges close.
Once all the dough is used up and donuts are stuffed cover with more sprayed plastic wrap and allow the donuts to proof for 5-20 minutes. The dough will be slightly springy when ready. Make sure you give the donuts enough space on the baking sheets to rise without touching.
Heat 2 inches of canola oil to 360˚F. Place 1-2 donuts at a time in heated canola oil for 30 seconds to 1 minute each side. Remove from oil and place on a wire cooling rack. Allow to cool enough to touch before sticking them in the cinnamon sugar coating.
Mix your cinnamon and sugar together In a medium bowl. Once the donuts are cool enough to touch, stick them into the cinnamon sugar mixture and coat on all sides. Place back on the wire cooling rack to finish cooling.
Once cooled, shove one whole donut into your face (haha just kidding… but seriously enjoy). Store remaining donuts in an air tight container at either room temp or you can refrigerate. Cooked donuts are good for 2-3 days.

Nutrition:

Just enjoy the donut!

Notes:

*If you are not gluten free, you can always use bread flour instead of gluten free flour. The measurements will be the same.

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Apple Cider Donuts