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Baked pumpkin donuts with glaze.
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Baked Pumpkin Donuts

These fluffy baked pumpkin donuts are perfect for a fall breakfast or snack. They are frosted with a cinnamon glaze and are perfect for autumn!
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time8 minutes
20 minutes
Total Time43 minutes
Course: Baking
Cuisine: American
Servings: 20 donuts
Calories: 163kcal
Author: Eden
Cost: $12

Ingredients

Pumpkin Donuts

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1/2 tsp ground cardamom
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 6 tbsp unsalted butter soft
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar white sugar
  • 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 cup canned pumpkin
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Cinnamon Glaze

  • 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
  • 2 tbsp whole milk
  • 1 tso vanilla extract
  • 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a donut pan by spraying it all over with cooking spray or oil.
  • Combine the dry ingredients, flour, baking powder, spices, and salt in a mixing bowl.
    dry ingredients to make donuts.
  • Combine pumpkin puree, vanilla extract, and oil in a liquid measuring cup.
    Pumpkin and oil in a measuring cup.
  • In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat both sugars and butter.
  • Add one egg at a time and beat.
    Sugar, eggs and butter in the bowl of a Kitchen Aid Mixer.
  • Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
  • Turn the mixer to low and alternate the dry and wet ingredients.
  • Mix until incorporated, do not beat.
    Pumpkin donut batter.
  • Fill a piping bag with batter. You will have to do this a few times depending on the size of the piping bag.
    Filling a piping bag with pumpkin donut batter,
  • Cut a medium hole at the bottom and pipe into a greased donut pan.
    Pumpkin donuts in a donut pan.
  • Bake for 8 minutes in a 350 degree oven.
    Baked pumpkin donuts without glaze on a cooling rack.
  • Let the donuts cool and then make the glaze.
  • In a small bowl, combine the ingredients to make the glaze and whisk until it's all mixed.
  • Dip the pretty side of the donut into the glaze and then set it on a wire rack with parchment paper below for the glaze to drip.
    Glazed pumpkin donut.
  • Continue until all of the donuts are baked and glazed.
    glazed pumpkin donuts.

Notes

Do not overbake these donuts. Check them after 8 minutes to see what they need. 
Enjoy these glazed or un-glazed for a fall treat. 
Store them in an airtight container, at room temperature for 3 days.
Use good quality ingredients for the best flavor.
Always check the freshness date on your ingredients before you start baking.
 
 

Nutrition

Calories: 163kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 28mg | Sodium: 127mg | Potassium: 98mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 2041IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 34mg | Iron: 1mg