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Baked pumpkin donuts with glaze.
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Baked Pumpkin Donuts Recipe

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
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.

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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 three days.
Use good quality ingredients for the best flavor.
You can 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
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