Baked Pumpkin Cinnamon Sugar Donuts
These Baked Pumpkin Cinnamon Sugar Donuts are the perfect fall treat, with warm spices and a sweet cinnamon-sugar coating. Easy to make and deliciously fluffy, they're sure to be a family favorite!
Ingredients
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 14 oz can of pumpkin puree
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 2/3 cup canola oil
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- 4 tablespoons ground cinnamon
- 1 1/3 cups white granulated sugar
- 8 tablespoons melted unsalted butter
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F. Lightly grease two donut pans with cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, salt, and baking powder. Stir until well mixed, then set aside.
- In another bowl, whisk together the milk, pumpkin puree, brown sugar, oil, eggs, and vanilla extract until smooth.
- Gradually add the wet mixture into the dry ingredients, stirring until the batter is smooth.
- Fill a piping bag (or a plastic bag with a corner cut off) with the batter, and pipe it into the donut pans.
- Bake the donuts for 12 minutes. Let them cool in the pans before transferring to a cooling rack.
- Melt the butter in a bowl. In another bowl, mix the cinnamon and sugar.
- Once the donuts have cooled, dip each one in melted butter, then coat in the cinnamon-sugar mixture.