Collected Foods kitchen recipe.

Baked Apple Cider Doughnuts with Pumpkin Spice Sugar: Bakery-style warmth from the spice drawer, not a mix. Collected Foods Pumpkin Pie Spice is the flavor driver.

Serves: about 12 donuts

Why this spice: Apple cider donuts rolled in Pumpkin Pie Spice sugar bridge orchard and pie spice.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking powder + 1/2 tsp baking soda + 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 tsp Collected Foods Pumpkin Pie Spice, plus 1 tsp for coating
• 1/2 cup apple cider (reduced to 3 Tbsp if watery)
• 1/3 cup sugar + 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg + 3 Tbsp oil + 1/4 cup applesauce or yogurt
• Coating: 1/4 cup sugar + 1 tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice + 2 Tbsp melted butter

Directions

1. Whisk dry ingredients with 1 1/2 tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice. Mix wet ingredients; combine.
2. Pipe into donut pan. Bake at 350°F for 12–14 minutes.
3. Brush warm donuts with butter; toss in Pumpkin Pie Spice sugar.
4. Best the day they’re made.
5. Taste and adjust salt or spice before serving.

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