Apple Cider Donuts | Basics with Babish 

Apple Cider Doughnuts are definitely one of the 'pros' of living in the Northeast. Honestly a true apple cider doughnut is not like any doughnut you've ever had before. The apple cider does something magical to the dough, something wonderful. The entire outside of the cider doughnut becomes just a little crunchy, while the inside remains so light and fluffy that it just floats in your mouth. Even without all the cinnamon sugar topping, it's still really amazing. It is by far the best thing to eat with a cup of hot apple cider as you are walking around the cold outdoors up here. If you are buying your doughnuts and cider from a booth instead of making them, do the bee check. If you don't see any bees buzzing around the booth, MOVE ON. If you indeed see a plethora of happy bees attracted to the golden nectar being made inside, you have arrived at the right place. I recommend dunking the apple cider doughnut into your hot apple cider for 3 seconds. Dunking it for less time than that and you won't get the perfect balance of cider and doughnut ratio, any more time than that and you will lose your doughnut in the apple cider. Not the worst thing in the world, but everyone around you will definitely know you are a novice, so don't let it happen! Happy Autumn everyone!

"You took your sweetheart to the apple orchard." Dude you can't just swing for the kneecaps right out the gate like that.

"Use non-stick spray to make the cinnamon sugar stick." Love paradoxes.

"If it's clear and yella, you got juice there fella! If it's tangy and brown, you're in cider town!" Ned Flanders, 1996

Babish this is exactly the recipe i need in my life. The love of my life just revealed to me she loves these doughnuts and now i can make her some. Much thanks!

As someone who grew up mostly in Michigan, cider donuts are as essential to the autumn experience as football, pumpkin spice, and orange leaves. Sadly, since I moved South, there haven't been many opportunities to get them. But this video gives me some ideas...

Made these professionally for 7 years. We made the donuts using the drop method with a donut hopper. load the hopper with the mix and dropped the donut directly into the fryer. The dough itself needs to be thinner but in turn, you dont need actually roll it out. Makes the donut light and fluffy.

I grew up on an apple orchard. We never made doughnuts, but every year we would make a giant batch of apple butter over a bonfire.

Ever since I moved from the Midwest I can’t find anywhere that makes these (at least as tasty) so thank you. 🥺❤️

"Applesauce is for babies" And Just like that every German in the world just got a little bit angry, and they're not sure why.

Particularly enjoyed the absolute drop of self-belief during the donut holes "advert"

My child, 8 years old, bawling his eyes out: Why can’t I have a donut hole? Me, eating all the donut holes: Because Andrew said so!

All my fellow Brits being like “…but where’s the alcohol in the cider?” (I know Americans don’t usually have alcoholic cider but that still blows my mind)

I worked on an apple orchard for 2 years and the apples were by far on a completely different level to any storebought apple. They didn't look as shiny or clean, but they were by far the best tasting. The cider made from it was not comparable to apple juice, due to the cider being purely better in every shape and form. We even had dark red pigmented apples that turned the apple cider a ruby red hue, or green apple cider made from unripe apples. Doughnuts are all the same though, I think the cider makes the moment.

When you’re done with the apples and the juice you can use the leftover fruit mush to make apple sauce or apple preserves

I made apple cider donuts a couple weeks ago. It was Brian Lagerstrom’s apple cider donuts. First time I’ve ever had something like that and it was amazing. He uses a straight apple cider and a hybrid yeast/cake dough. Also he coats the doughnuts in raw sugar to give them a bit of a crunch. Probably the best donuts I’ve ever had and they were bursting with apple flavor.

2:00 That was some real YSAC energy, adding in order the butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar while narrating the opposite direction.

If we're baking let's have some of Dr. Who's Jammie Dodgers.

The scariest halloween costume of all: Andrew Rhea, fully nude, a donut in one hand and cider in the other, slouched over on the couch with cinnamon sugar in his beard.

BABISH IS MAKING THE FOOD I MAKE FOR MY JOB! LONG LIVE THE DONUT KING!!!

Thanks for the grams. It saves me from washing a ton of measuring dishes. Grams also covers the entire range of recipe weights from 5-7gms for items like yeast and salt to hundreds of grams for items like flour and sugar. Same set of scales and I can just keep going.

I live in FL and I just had my parents from New England bring me 2 dozen of these and had them buy a third for their flight crew. They were quite appreciative as was I LOVE AC donuts

Oh cool, now I'm seeing Google Fi ads in the video instead of every two minutes in an unskippable midroll... I'm kidding. Get that bag, yo.

“What are you gonna do, eat ‘em raw? What are you, some kind of horse?” *Maybe I am a horse*

British people before the video: "Oh sweet! Babish home-brew! Nice!" British people after the video: "What is this apple tea?" Order "cider" in a pub over here and you will not get tea bahaha

There are a lot of recipes I want to try just like these donuts that can be hard to store away... and get stale quickly. I would really like to see you try an episode on how to store different food in a kitchen, it would help a lot of young cooks like me who live on their own. I had to figure out freezing bread on my own!

Wow! This episode brought me back to my childhood when I used to watch my grandmother make the same donuts and cider. I’ll have to make some for nostalgia sake.

This brings me back to my great grandparents little apple orchard. We had a cider press and would make cider every year ❤️

As someone from Upstate NY, we love our Apple Cider Doughnuts! Ain’t an Apple Orchards if they dont make fresh Apple Cider Doughnuts!

Sure I'm not the only brit confused by Apple Juice being called Cider

These bring me back to the really awesome cider doughnuts I bought at the market by the harbor in Boston.

I lived next to a big family run apple orchard in Wisconsin. Just seeing this brought back amazing memories.

Apple cider donuts are always a treat in the cold months. Thanks for the recipe!

Asserting there is a "dough" part within the making of the doughnut, suggests there will be a latter "Nut" portion.

Thank you so much for this recipe. I have leftover apples from a pie I made and I needed to use them up. This is a godsend.

Thank you Babish! I live in WA and have 4 apple trees. I already made apple wine (hard cider), froze some apple pies, canned some apple sauce, and...you guessed it, we still have apples around. Swapping this recipe out for the apple fritters I was going to make. Don't tell Chef John that I'm cheating on him with you this Fall!! lol! Cheers from the other side of the country!

I’ve never had apple cider doughnuts, I’m excited to try this! It looks and sounds amazing based on the video and the comments! People’s description of it is making me drool lol

Weissman is out here making the boujiest gumbo on the face of the earth and here comes our boy Babish, keeping us humble and down to earth with some nice apple cider donuts. Keepin it real as always, Babby

I need some of these now

This looks so cozy

Oooh, I'm going to have to try these. Unfortunately, I can't make them with cinnamon OR nutmeg since I live with people who are allergic, so I guess I'll do what I did last month when I made apple pies and substitute with cardamom.

Bishops is in my home town! I go there every fall for my apple supply, such a great place to go picking.

Yes 🙌 this is the fall recipe I needed !

It's Spring and now I can't wait for Fall to come so I can get some fresh donuts from the apple orchard.

he just keeps getting sponsored by the most ridiculously big companies wow

There were a lot of leftover solids in these recipes. Ya know what I'd love to see is some way to use those other than the trash or the compost bin. A 'fruit leftovers pie' or something like that. Very interested in innovative ways to minimize cooking waste

I made these this morning and took them to church and some neighbors--huge hit! I reduced my cider too far, so I shredded a small apple and added it to the batter. I also added a little nutmeg and fine salt to the cinnamon sugar mix. I then whisked in a few drops of cider vinegar which gave it a really nice extra note to the outer layer.

This is giving me nostalgia for when I used to live in Michigan

Boom love these doughnuts.

For the Thanksgiving special you should do the meal seen in the Garfield thanksgiving special from the 70s

Thank you for this! As a NJ native living in Japan (and previously Germany) I haven’t had one in like 6 years.

My dad has made spiced/boozed apple cider for thanksgiving mornings for the past few years. I might just have to spice things up this year with some donuts. Nice video.

Some classic Babish lines here. For example: "set your oven to maximum lowness...." 😂 But I was saddened by "fingers" instead of "fingies." Where's the whimsy of yore? (Corona getting to you?)

I can't wait till you do the meal from T"he French Dispatch." It's going to epic!

My go-to Christmas dessert is Candy Bacon S'Mores. Sweet, savory winter food.

Clutch timing my guy! The farm here that sells apple cider donuts on weekends during fall just closed for the season! (Oregon, thistledown farm specifically)

ooooo, after a long time without it, I coincidentally had some amazing Cider yesterday. This sounds very interesting! //edit: waaaaiit? That's apple cider in America? Huh. "Cider" here in Germany is an apple wine! I didn't expect this to be non-alcoholic juice.

"If it's clear an' yella, you got juice there, fella! If it's tangy and brown, you're in cider town!"

Worked for the apple booth at the WI state fair. They go soggy in a day but that meant more for the employees at the end of the day

perfect timing i was just thinking ab making some apple cider donuts

I love this recipe it looks like something out of a Sonic X episode, where Sonic and Chris would go and pick apples to make these delicious snacks! :D

"What are you gonna do, eat them raw?" Uhm, yes. Slice them up and toss a bit of Tajin on them, perfect work from home snack! But also yes to doughnuts!

These donuts are my childhood! I love these donuts!

You can use a very similar recipe for mini muffin donuts if you don't want to fry and don't have cutters. Did so the other day; they were fantastic.

It is so awesome how you get these ideas for the video😱

came here to do the obligitory 'apple cider is just called cider in the uk and is alcoholic' comment

I LOVE these random character creations that randomly pop up for videos. Starts at 0:37 for your listening ears!

These look great and i also highly recommend getting some fresh ones from Stew Leonard’s.

How is it cider if it's not alcoholic?

wait... Apple cider isn't alcohol? it's just apple juice? I'm confused edit: just wikied it... I thought cider was universally alcohol. this is just like learning what chocolate liquor is

I was just in Michigan. I had these for the first time, and they were ✨BUSSIN✨

Every time my university's dining halls serve hot apple cider, I always make sure to grab a cup.

Please make pea soup from The Rescuers: Down Under

"Fun for Kids from ages 9 to 99" I see what you did there, lol.

Bishops! One of the few positive aspects of living in Southwestern CT.

thank you for this recipe! i can now make apple cider donuts year-round

Using non-stick spray to make the cinnamon sugar stick on the doughnuts makes me uncomfortable

Wait, whats the difference between apple cider and apple juice then? Edit: Okay, in the US what the rest of the world means when they say "Cider" is called "hard cider."

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Fi is pretty cool. I enjoy it almost as much as the apple cider donuts

Just a friendly reminder that, "cider" here is American for normal, natural apple juice. So yes, its non-acholic.

*“Be honest who else is a few hours late”😂*

It’s the middle of July and this video is making me wish it was fall already.

not only did I grow up near an apple orchard...I grew up new Bishops Orchards in CT where Babish's apples are from in this video!

"What're you? Some kinda horse?" You've just lost your one and only stallion subscriber, Andy.

Narrative of Self is the result of a feedback loop between “Separate Self” & Cosmos 🎈

Really appreciate the clarity of the white fine text on the table that says the "Unlimited" data plan is actually 15gb before they throttle you

Sir!! You just made my fall! 💕 thank you so much!

Day 7 of asking Babish to make the Bon Bon from Spongebob.

Google is the last company I'd want all my messaging going through.

I’m preparing myself for another fall since moving from upstate NY and there’s nothing I miss more than apple picking and apple cider donuts 🍎 guess this year I’m finally gonna put in the effort to satisfy half of what I crave lol

Sipping on homemade hard cider while watching this

That's just juice. Cider is alcoholic.

This episode was great. I was wondering if you would be able to do a video on some Thanksgiving giving main dish alternatives since there is a Turkey shortage this year. I know you usually do a Thanksgiving episode and I think it would be great to see what you would come up with. I also think it would also help people with ideas

The apple cider concentrate makes an amazing mixer for a whiskey cocktail.

Made the recipe, it tastes great!

Chef John did these last year, when I made them I made a quick glaze with powdered sugar and the apple cider reduction.

We used this recipe and added small chunks of diced apple. Makes them much more “appley”

I did take my sweetheart to the orchard, but we already used our apples so this can be a fun activity for next fall's adventure!

I’ve been waiting for this video all my life.