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When I started making babysitting money around the age of 12, one of my favorite things to spend it on wasn’t clothes or toys, it was donuts. There were two bakeries in town that sold the most unbelievably decadent donuts and I was addicted to them.
Even before entering either shop, the rich, delightful smell of the light, sweet, floury treats would envelope me and once inside I would press my face against the glass case, trying to decide which flavor was calling my name the loudest. Both bakeries were pretty amazing and while all of the flavors were yummy, the seasonal donuts were some of my favorites.
Now that fall is here, so is my love of making all things pumpkin. And why not pumpkin donuts? And while fried donuts are a nostalgic treat, I’ll leave that kind of preparation to the bakeries.
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Baking them in a donut pan is simple and it allows you to remove all the danger and mess of a pot of hot oil but retain the same fun factor of eating a delicious donut at home!
If you make these beauties and post them on social make sure to tag #weelicious so I can see them!
Baked Pumpkin Doughnuts
Ingredients
Pumpkin Doughnuts:
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
- 1/3 cup milk
- Cinnamon Icing:
Cinnamon Icing:
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 F.
- Combine the first 5 ingredients in a bowl and set aside.
- In a standing mixer or bowl using a hand mixer, cream the butter and brown sugar.
- Add the egg, the pumpkin puree and milk.
- Add the flour mixture and mix until just combined.
- Place the dough in a large zipper bag, seal the bag airtight and then cut off ½ inch of one corner.
- Pipe the dough into a greased doughnut pan. Bake for 15 minutes and allow to cool.
- To make the icing, place all of the ingredients in a bowl and whisk to combine.
- Drizzle icing over each doughnut and serve.
Yay! These were delicious – thank you!! My “picky” eater (who eats lots of different fruits & veggies because I keep on tryin’) said “Yum! Can we make these again sometime?” & picky eater #2 has eaten hers up, too. 🙂 We ended up making ugly donut holes because the store brand ziploc bag exploded from the pressure. So, perhaps use a freezer ziploc bag to pipe the dough. Also substituted 1/2 c pastry flour to make it a little healthier. Next time, I’ll substitute 1 c for the all purpose flour. Thanks again!
Yes, that would work! They’ll be a slightly different consistency.
Hello I was wondering if I could use 1 cup white flour and 1 cup wheat flour; would the recipe work?
I just made these with mashed sweet potato. They are very good! Thank you!!
I have! Just warm them up in the oven or toaster to defrost and enjoy!
Has anyone tried freezing the baked donuts? I made a double batch and wanted to save the extra for a rainy day. Thanks for a yummy recipe!
Ok, just made these for the first time today. My dough came out really thick. I ended up hand rolling to make donut shape. Also, my icing needed more milk but then I put too much in and it ran and did not really stick to the donuts. They were still good and my kids liked them. Any tips for how to make them better next time?? Thanks.
I love this recipe. I have made a few adjustments (I use succant sugar (sp) instead and I also use almond milk and fresh pumpkin puree from my freezer. I did a bunch of pumpkin puree this fall from the pumpkins in our garden). Very yummy. Thanks!!
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I’ve just loaded this app buy I live in the uk. What is in canned pumpkin? We don’t get that over here? Can I just roast and mash a pumpkin? Thanks, very excited about these recipes!
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I made these last weekend and YUM! My husband and I ate the entire batch in one day! I am such a sucker for pastries, muffins…these really hit the spot.
I replaced the pumpkin pie spice with 1 tsp cinnamon and 1 tsp nutmeg. Also didn’t have any eggs left after thanksgiving cooking so replaced that with one banana. Also used a PP suggestion of brishing them with melted butter and rolling them in cinnamon/sugar mixture. They were soft and sweet with a slight banana flavor. Can these be made into muffins? Will definitely be making them again!
Just made these and OMG they are amazing!!! I made mine with half whole wheat flour and they turned out great even my husband loves them!! I have to make these for the entire family thanksgiving morning =) Thanks for all the great recipes!!
I can’t wait to make these!! I was searching for the pumpkin pancake recipe with the chocolate cream frosting but came across these so we will be making these this morning!!! Yum =)
Ok so I cheated on the icing and placed a few Hershey’s cinnamon chips on top when they came out of the oven. Then I just squished them down with a butter knife to ice them. And now its time to make the doughnuts!!!!