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Mochi Apple Cider Doughnuts

Cam
Prep Time 1 hr 10 mins
Cook Time 10 mins
Total Time 1 hr 20 mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine Japanese
Servings 6 4" doughnuts

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups apple cider
  • 2 cups sweet rice flour, like Mochiko (320g)
  • 3/4 cup whole milk (185g)
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar (50g)
  • 1/4 cup light brown sugar (55g)
  • 3 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
  • 2 large eggs, room temp
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 3/4 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Cinnamon Sugar Coating

  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar (100g)
  • 3/4 tsp ground cinnamon

Instructions
 

  • Pour the apple cider into a medium saucepan and heat over medium low until simmering. Allow the cider to simmer and reduce for ~40-45 minutes, until it's down to 1/2 cup. Remove from the heat and allow to cool for ~20 minutes.
  • While the cider is cooling, preheat the oven to 350°F and prep the dough.
  • Add the rice flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and nutmeg into a small bowl and whisk to combine.
  • In a large bowl, add the butter (make sure it's cooled a bit since melting) milk, both sugars, and vanilla. Whisk together until combined, and then whisk in the eggs. Once combined add the reduced apple cider.
  • Sift the dry ingredients into the large bowl of wet ingredients and fold together with a rubber spatula until fully combined. Rice flour can take a bit of time to accept moisture, so don't worry if this takes a bit of time to get the dough mixed smooth.
  • Spoon the dough into a Ziploc bag, or a piping bag if you have one. Generously grease a 4" doughnut pan, and pipe the dough into the pans, filling them until ~1/4" shy of the lip. Once all the doughnut wells have been filled, smack the pan down on the counter firmly a few times to help work out any air bubbles.
  • Bake for 10-13 minutes; a toothpick should come out clean.
  • While the doughnuts are baking, mix together the sugar and cinnamon for the coating in a medium sized bowl (make sure it's large enough to easily fit one of the doughnuts)
  • Once the doughnuts are done, remove from the oven and quickly and carefully release them from the pan onto a wire rack. Then, one at a time toss the doughnuts in the cinnamon sugar mix to coat. If the doughnuts are too hot to handle, use two forks to gently place it into the bowl and a spoon to scoop the sugar over top of the doughnuts. Repeat with the remaining doughnuts.
  • Allow the doughnuts to cool for ~10 minutes before serving.
  • Enjoy!
Keyword apple cider, apple cider doughnuts, doughnut, fall, mochi