Description
These Baked Pumpkin Donuts are the perfect fall treat, moist and flavorful with a delightful brown sugar icing. Easy to make and impossible to resist!
Ingredients
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For the Donuts:
- 1 and 3/4 cups (219g) all-purpose flour (spooned & leveled)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 and 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon store-bought or homemade pumpkin pie spice
- 1/2 cup (120ml) vegetable oil (or canola oil or melted coconut oil)
- 3/4 cup (150g) packed light or dark brown sugar
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1 cup (227g) fresh or canned pumpkin puree
- 1/3 cup (80ml) milk
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
For the Brown Sugar Icing:
- 3/4 cup (150g) packed light or dark brown sugar
- 1/4 cup (60ml) milk
- 1 Tablespoon (14g) unsalted butter
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 and 1/2 cups (175g) sifted confectioners’ sugar
- pinch of salt, to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (177°C). Spray donut pan with non-stick spray. Set aside.
- Make the donuts: Whisk dry ingredients. In a separate bowl, whisk wet ingredients. Combine wet and dry ingredients. Fill donut pan cavities with batter.
- Bake for 10-11 minutes. Cool in pan for 2 minutes then transfer to a wire rack.
- Make the icing: Combine ingredients in a saucepan. Simmer, then dip cooled donuts into warm icing.
- Cover leftover donuts tightly and store at room temperature or in the refrigerator.
Notes
- Make Ahead Instructions: Donuts can be frozen. Thaw overnight and warm up in the microwave.
- Special Tools: Donut Pan, Glass Mixing Bowl, Whisk, Large Zip-Topped Bag, Saucepan, Cooling Rack
- Pumpkin Pie Spice: Use store-bought or homemade. If using individual spices, use 1/4 tsp each ground ginger, nutmeg, cloves, and allspice in addition to 1.5 tsp cinnamon.
- Milk: Any milk can be used for the donuts and icing.
- Optional Toppings: Sprinkles, nuts, coconut, toffee, cinnamon sugar, etc.
- No Donut Pan? Make donut muffins in a muffin pan.
- Mini Donuts: Bake in mini donut pan for 8-9 minutes.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 donut
- Calories: 240
- Sugar: 20g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 9g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 38g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 30mg