You may wonder if you can use apple juice in an apple cider donut. Apple cider is raw apple juice that has not undergone a filtration process to remove coarse particles of pulp or sediment. Because of this, it generally has a stronger apple taste than apple juice.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu003cstrongu003eRaw unfiltered apple juice is a good substitutionu003c/strongu003e as it is essentially the same thing as cider. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu003cstrongu003eYou could also make these with frozen apple juice concentrate.u003c/strongu003e Let the concentrate come to room temperature before using it, just use 1/2 cup, and skip the step of reducing it.