These moist pumpkin spice-flavored donuts are baked in a donut pan for convenience and lower fat. These are topped with cinnamon sugar and drizzled with a powdered sugar icing. Perfect for holiday mornings!
Ingredients
- For the donuts
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup pumpkin puree
2/3 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup milk
2 large eggs, at room temperature
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- For the topping
3 tablespoons butter, melted (I like salted butter for this but you can use your unsalted butter if it is more convenient)
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 recipe Powdered Sugar Icing
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350F. Spray a 12-count donut baking pan (or two 6-count donut pans) (NOT mini donut pans. You can use them, but if you do, you will have to bake them for a shorter period of time) with non-stick spray. In a large mixing bowl, mix together the pumpkin, brown sugar, milk, egg, 4 tablespoons butter, and vanilla extract until fully combined. In a separate bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, nutmeg, and salt. Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until just combined (do not over-mix). Distribute the batter evenly between all 12 donut cavities. You can use a piping bag or carefully spoon the mixture in. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a donut comes out clean.
- While the donuts are baking, make the topping by stirring the 3/4 cup sugar with the ground cinnamon; set aside. Make a half recipe of our Powdered Sugar Icing. Transfer the icing to a zip-lock baggie and with a scissors, snip off a very tiny corner for drizzling.
- Remove the donuts from the oven and allow to cool in the pan for 5 minutes. Remove the donuts from the pan and transfer to a wire rack. Brush the tops of the donuts with the 3 tablespoons melted butter and immediately dip into the cinnamon-sugar mixture. Drizzle powdered sugar icing over the donuts.