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Fall is pumpkin season. Why not try making these delicious little donut treats for the season?
Fall pumpkin donuts are something people are looking forward to this time of year. Everyone is ready for a change from summer fruit to all things pumpkin or apple. These donuts hit the spot!
They are packed with a great pumpkin flavor, take no time to bake, and no frying is involved. You only have to put the batter into the donut pan, and they are done in about eleven minutes. When you take them out, they are soft and filled with a great pumpkin taste!
To guild the lily, dip them into cinnamon sugar. They can also be glazed with maple or vanilla icing and topped with candy sprinkles or nuts.
Ingredients
- All-Purpose Flour
- Baking powder
- Baking soda
- Salt
- Cinnamon
- Pumpkin pie spice
- Pumpkin Puree
- Sugar
- Brown sugar
- Milk
- Oil
- Eggs
- Vanilla
- Confectioners' sugar
- Maple syrup (optional)
Making the pumpkin donuts:
In a bowl, add all of the dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and pumpkin pie spice. Set this aside.
In a mixing bowl, add the pumpkin, sugar, and brown sugar. Mix for about 1 minute; everything should be combined.
Now, add the dry ingredients to the pumpkin mixture.
It is time for you to add the oil, eggs, vanilla, and milk to the pumpkin mixture and mix until everything is well combined. It will take about 1 minute.
Spray the donut pans with cooking spray so the donuts will just drop out of the pans when finished. Fill the wells of the donut pans with the pumpkin mixture. We used a piping bag and cut off the end, but you can use a large round tube as well.
If you want, you can also use a zip lock bag with the corner cut off; just fill the bag with the mix and seal. You can always add the mixture with a spoon ,if you want; they all work.
Bake at 350ºF for about 11 minutes. When done, just turn the pans upside down on a tray to cool. They just popped right out of the pan.
Making the donuts extra special
- If you are making cinnamon sugar donuts, dip them into the cinnamon sugar mixture while they are still warm. If you want the cinnamon to stick a little more, brush the donut with melted butter before dipping it into the cinnamon-sugar.
- If you are dipping or spreading them with icing, wait until they are cool or the icing will run off the donuts. You can make the icing easier to dip if you need to by adding a tiny bit of milk at a time and mixing it until it is the right consistency.,
- We added chopped walnuts to the batter and made pumpkin walnut donuts out of some of them and iced them with cream cheese frosting and topped with some more chopped walnuts.
Drinks that pare well with pumpkin donuts
- Chai tea latte
- Hot chocolate
- Coffee
- Tea
Pumpkin Donuts
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 11 minutes
- Total Time: 21 minutes
- Yield: 15 donuts 1x
- Category: cakes
- Method: Baking
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 ½ teaspoon pumpkin spice
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- ⅓ cup oil, vegetable or canola
- ⅓ cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Toppings:
- Walnuts (optional)*
- Cream Cheese (optional)
- Butter (optional)
Instructions
- In a bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and pumpkin pie spice, then set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, add the pumpkin, brown sugar, and white sugar and mix until combined, about 1 minute.
- Now, add the oil, eggs, milk, and vanilla, and mix until this is all combined.
- To the pumpkin mixture, add the dry ingredients.
- Spray some donut pans with cooking spray.
- Put the pumpkin mixture into a Ziplock bag and cut the end off, or use a piping bag with the end cut off. Now, in a circular motion, add the pumpkin batter until almost to the top.
- Bake in a 350ºF oven for 11 to 12 minutes.
- When the donuts are done baking, pop them out of the pan right away. Respray the pans for the rest of the mixture before putting it into the oven.
- When done, turn over and dump out the donuts.
- While hot, dip the donuts into the cinnamon-sugar mixture, then set them on a plate or tray to cool. If the cinnamon sugar doesn't stick to the donut, brush some melted butter around the donut before dipping it into the cinnamon-sugar mixture. When making donuts with icing, let them cool before dipping or icing them.
- We added chopped walnuts to some of the donuts with the cream cheese frosting and topped them with chopped walnuts.
Making the toppings:
Cinnamon Sugar:
- In a bowl, put 1 cup of sugar and 2 ½ teaspoons of cinnamon. When the donuts are hot, dip them into the cinnamon sugar mix until coated. Then, set aside.
Vanilla icing Recipe:
In a bowl, add 1 ½ teaspoons of confectioners' sugar and 1 ½ teaspoons of vanilla extract and mix. Now, add about 2 Tablespoons of milk, and if you need more to make a semi-thick icing add about 1 Tbsp. more.
Notes
*Add some chopped walnuts and add it to the donut batter.
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