Baked Donuts Pumpkin Spice with Cinnamon Sugar Coating
Soft baked pumpkin donuts rolled in a buttery cinnamon-sugar coating.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Total Time: 40 minutes plus cooling
- Yield: 8 large donuts
- Category: Breakfast, Dessert
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
For the donuts:
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups pumpkin puree
1/3 cup olive oil
1/4 cup butter, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs, at room temperature
2/3 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
For the cinnamon-sugar coating:
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/4 cup butter, melted
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350°F and grease a large donut pan.
2. Whisk pumpkin, olive oil, 1/4 cup melted butter, vanilla, eggs, brown sugar, and 1/2 cup granulated sugar until smooth.
3. Stir in flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, and salt just until combined.
4. Pipe batter into 8 large donut wells.
5. Bake for 25 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes, then transfer to a rack and cool completely.
6. Mix 3/4 cup sugar with cinnamon. Brush cooled donuts with remaining melted butter and coat in cinnamon sugar.
Notes
Use plain pumpkin puree, not pumpkin pie filling.
Cool donuts completely before coating.
For make-ahead storage, freeze uncoated donuts and add the cinnamon-sugar coating after thawing.