Cider Doughnuts with Maple-Tahini Glaze

(from castro15’s recipe box)

Categories: Desserts

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup unfiltered apple cider
  • 7 oz. McIntosh or Cortland apples, cored and diced
  • 6 oz. whole-wheat pastry flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp kosher salt
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt
  • 3 tbsp. canola oil
  • 1 large egg
  • Cooking spray
  • 2 tbsp. tahini
  • 2 tbsp. dark maple syrup
  • 2 tsp water

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350.

  2. Combine apple cider and apples in a saucepan over medium-high; cover, and cook 10 minutes. Uncover, and cook 2 minutes. Remove from heat; cool 10 minutes. Pour apple mixture into a blender; process until smooth.

  3. Weigh or lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt in a medium bowl; stir with a whisk.

  4. Combine apple mixture, sugar, yogurt, oil and egg in a medium bowl; stir with a whisk. Add yogurt mixture to flour mixture, and stir until combined.

  5. Coat 2 doughnut pans with cooking spray. Spoon batter evenly into 12 cavities. Bake at 350 for 12 minutes or until doughnuts spring back when lightly pressed. Cool in pan for 2 minutes. Invert doughnuts onto a wire rack. Cool completely.

  6. Combine tahini and maple syrup, stirring with a whisk. Add 2 tsp water; whisk until smooth. Spread glaze over tops of doughnuts. Let stand until glaze is set.

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