Cider Donuts

Hot Mama Grade: A-

Hot Mama Notes: Thesw donuts were super delicious but they fell apart. I will try to below recommendation to try to make them less soft next time. It was no issue, though. We just ate them with a fork. I wasn't able to pick them up to put in butter and sugar, so instead, Ai brushed the donuts with melted butter and sprinkled the cinnamon sugar over the top. 6T of butter is too much. 3T would be enough. And half the cinnamon sugar is enough. I don't think the butter is needed at all because the donuts are so moist.

In reading comments about this recipe, a lot of people used reduced apple cider for stronger cider flavor. I actually like them as is with a subtle cider flavor. There was also mention of cutting the sugar in the donuts down. I think that would be okay as they are very sweet. 

This is a tasty recipe but more work using the donut pan. I overfilled my donut pans because I wanted them all done in one oven run. As a result, the donuts have a bottom lip. Next time I will be more patient! 

I baked these for 20 minutes, not 13 to 15.

use 2 eggs still to bind the batter.