Description
These baked pumpkin spice donuts are so easy and taste incredible! Perfect for fall mornings with coffee. Made them three times this month already!
Ingredients
For the Donuts:
- 1¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup pumpkin purée I use whatever’s cheapest at the store
- ½ cup brown sugar light or dark, doesn’t matter
- â…“ cup milk I use 2% but whatever you drink works
- â…“ cup unsalted butter, softened
For the Coating:
- ¼ cup melted butter
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
If you don’t have stuff:
- No pumpkin pie spice? Mix cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves
- No brown sugar? White sugar works fine
- Dairy-free? Use almond milk and vegan butter
Instructions
Step 1: Get Ready Turn your oven to 350°F. Grease your donut pan really well – I use butter but spray works too. I learned this lesson when my first batch stuck like crazy.
Step 2: Mix Dry Stuff Put flour, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, and salt in a bowl. Whisk it around so the spices don’t clump up in spots.
Step 3: Mix Wet Stuff In your bigger bowl, mix pumpkin puree, brown sugar, milk, and the soft butter. Just stir until it looks smooth, takes maybe 30 seconds.
Step 4: Put It Together Dump the flour mixture into the pumpkin mixture. Stir just until you can’t see flour anymore. Don’t go crazy mixing it or they’ll be tough.
Step 5: Fill the Pan Spoon batter into each donut spot, fill them about 3/4 full. I just use a regular spoon but you can get fancy with a piping bag if you want.
Step 6: Bake Them Stick them in the oven for 12-15 minutes. They’re done when they bounce back if you poke them lightly. They’ll smell amazing.
Step 7: Coat Them While they’re still warm, dip each donut in the melted butter then roll it in the cinnamon sugar mix. This part’s messy but fun – my kids always want to help with this step.
Notes
Make sure you’re using pumpkin puree, not pumpkin pie filling. The pie filling has sugar and spices already added and will mess up the recipe.
If you only have a regular muffin tin, that works too. Just bake them a little longer, maybe 18-20 minutes.
These aren’t super sweet, which I like. If you want them sweeter, add another tablespoon of brown sugar to the batter.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 donut
- Calories: 145
- Sugar: 12g
- Sodium: 95mg
- Fat: 5g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 24g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 10mg