hard cider donuts

We are headed South to Houston this weekend to watch Piglet #3 play some hockey. It occurred to us that Halloween is quickly approaching. Although much of Halloween centers around the candy that you will give to children at your front door, we decided to focus on some treats for the adults too. Whether you are planning tricks or sticking close to home to hand out the treats, we have several posts that were created over the years that would make great treats. These treats are so easy to make, you will trick your friends into thinking you spent all day in the kitchen!

Here are our top Blind Pig Halloween goodies.

Salted Whiskey Caramel Corn (3 Gold Stars– a Rhonda favorite!)

Bourbon Pumpkin Dump Cake

Butter Rum Caramel Fondue

Hard Cider Donut Holes

Kerrygold Caramel Shake

Spirited Chocolate Orange Bars

Twisted Mississippi Mud Brownies

If you are looking for some fun Halloween themed cocktails to make. Check out our post from last year — Six Great Drinks for Fall.

Make one treat or all of these for the adults and enjoy some treats of your own as the witches and goblins come a knockin’. Happy Halloween to all of our readers. May your treat bags be full and your tricksters few. 😉 And may the pucks for the blue team make it in the net!!!!

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hard cider donut holes

How was your Halloween? Did you try one of the Six Great Drinks for Fall this week? Our final post for our Apple Fest series is an easy recipe for making Hard Cider Donut Holes. We know you are thinking that donuts seem like a lot of work and really hard to make. We thought that at first. Rhonda remembers making homemade donuts with her mom when she was a youngin’, but she hasn’t made them in years. Craig? Well… if you know Craig he’s eaten plenty of donuts in his life, but never made any. After reading this post, you will see how easy it is to make your own donuts. By the way, these donuts are not for breakfast. No way. These donuts are drizzled in a delectable chocolate sauce, to be served as a dessert!

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To get started you will need 1 bottle of hard cider. (We used Angry Orchard Rose’ for this recipe.) You need all-purpose flour, wheat flour, brown sugar, baking powder, salt, baking soda, cardamon, nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice, eggs, melted butter, and oil for deep fat frying.

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Bring cider to a boil in a saucepan and cook over high heat for about 12 minutes.

Whisk together flours, brown sugar, baking powder, salt, baking soda, and spices. In a separate bowl whisk eggs, melted butter and cooler cider. Stir into dry ingredients until moistened. Beware the dough is very sticky at this point, but the spices make it smell so yummy. Cover and refrigerate for about an hour.

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Divide the dough in half. On a floured surface, pat the dough into 1/2 inch thickness. Flour a donut hole cutter and cut holes.

In a iron skillet, heat oil to 325 degrees. Fry donuts a few at a time until golden brown. Ours only needed to cook for about 1-2 minutes per side. Drain on paper towels. Sift powdered sugar over the tops of donuts and continue to cool. Now wasn’t that easy?

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To make the donuts even more delectable, we decided to drizzle Kerrygold Chocolate Sauce over the top. Yummo!

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Hard cider donuts have a nice, spicy flavor and the chocolate sauce only adds to the overall yumminess. This recipe was a simple delicious hit in our house. Make them this weekend, and let us know what you think!