Have I mentioned lately how much I love all of you?
I love the sweet comments you leave me here, the debates you help me settle on Facebook (such as watermelon: salted or no?), the tweets you tweet me, the way you pin my photos and stumble my recipes. I love all of that and I love you.
Sorry. I might be a little hormonal right now. Either way, it’s a big ol’ love fest up in here. I think I even feel a tear coming on. Just one, though. Don’t freak out.
To thank you for always brightening my day, I made you donuts. Pumpkin donuts, to be precise, because in case you haven’t noticed, Fall has arrived. It’s chilly out, the windows are all open, the days are getting shorter, and I’ve had to purchase new jeans for the kids because apparently they grew 14 inches over the summer. Also, my son now wears men sized shoes. He’s eleven. That really has nothing to do with Fall or donuts, but I felt it was worth mentioning. Eleven. Men’s shoes. Oh, and while we’re on the subject of my babies growing up, my daughter lost her first tooth last night. Yeah. That happened.
Back to the point. I made pumpkin donuts. Then I rolled them in cinnamon and sugar, because I have a serious weakness for cinnamon-sugar coated donuts. They’re always the best kind. Glazed are nice, but they’ll never compare to the cinnamon-sugar kind.
Oh, did I mention? There is more than just donuts in this big love fest of a blog post. There is a mini donut maker. For you! Er, one of you anyway.
I was shopping awhile back as I am wont to do, and I ran across the cutest little mini donut makers. There were also cupcake makers, whoopie pie makers, and cake pop (!) makers. I generally don’t like to buy appliances that serve only one purpose, but these were bright, colorful, and they made me smile. So I bought two. One for you and one for me.
photo snagged from the babycakes website
So, if you’d like one of these adorable little donut makers yourself, just leave a comment letting me know approximately how long you’ve been reading Buns In My Oven. Winner will be chosen randomly, so feel free to be honest about the fact that you just moments ago stumbled upon my site for the first time while googling something creepy. Also, please mention what creepy thing you were googling so that we can all judge you.
This contest is only open to residents of the US and I apologize for that. It’s just that the post office scares the fluff out of me already and trying to figure out how to mail a package out of the country would probably be too much for my delicate sensibilities to handle.
Enter through Friday, September 23, 2011 at 12pm CST. This post sponsored by me. And love. And probably hormones, too.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose or white whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon cloves
- 1/2 cup canned pumpkin
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- Cinnamon and sugar, for rolling
- 1/2 cup butter, for dipping
Instructions
- If using a babycakes donut maker, turn it on to preheat. Otherwise, preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Grease a donut pan or regular cookie sheet.
- In the bowl of your stand mixer, mix together the dry ingredients.
- Beat in the pumpkin, eggs, milk, and butter until well combined.
- Fit a pastry bag with a large tip and fill with the donut batter. Alternately, fill a large ziploc bag and snip off the end.
- Pipe into the donut maker, donut pan, or just pipe in circles on a greased cookie sheet. The dough is thick enough that it should stay in the general shape you pipe it in while in the oven.
- If using the donut maker, cook for about 3-5 minutes, checking for doneness with a toothpick.
- If using the oven, bake for about 10-12 minutes or until golden brown and cooked through.
- Cool on a wire rack.
- Melt the 1/2 cup of butter in a small dish and mix together cinnamon and sugar in a second dish for dipping.
- Dip the donuts in the butter and then the cinnamon-sugar mixture.
- Store in an air-tight container.
recipe adapted from food.com
Yep, I did just stumble upon your website and I am signing up! Anyone who comes up with my favorite pumpkin anything is a new friend of mine. Gonna make some pumpkin donut’s for sure! Thank you!
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Just found your blog from a featured recipe on ziplist. I wanted to help you feel better about your son wearing men’s shoes by telling you that my son is 9 and is wearing men’s shoes. He also loves anything pumpkin. So I believe I’ll try these donuts for him.
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There I was. Innocently searching for ‘bunnies’ when through some weird quirk of fate I found myself here…at the home of all things sweet and delectable. Thank you technology. You’ve taken me EXACTLY where I want to be.
I have just added Bunsinmyoven.com to my Favorites list (the cyber equivalent of making you my new BFF).
I love the site, I love your recipes, I REALLY love the mini-donut maker, and I’m pretty sure that I love you. (In an appropriate Facebook fan kind of way, not a creepy stalker kind of way.) I’ll be back often!
Now, I have to cross my fingers (along with my eyes) in the hopes of being a big winner or a little donut maker.
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You had me at pumpkin!! I just found your blog today, and boy am I glad!! I am a pumpkin fanatic and HAVE to make this recipe!! Thank you! (oh, and I have also seen all of those cute gadgets. Are they really worth it?)
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I made these the other night and they are too die for!! Thanks for sharing!
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Oh, I am planning on featuring them on my blog!
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oh – these look soo yummy i can’t wait to try them! I stumbled upon your blog via ziplist and i’m sooo glad i did. i’d love a chance to win that sweet little donut maker but i also know i’m not waiting to try out this recipe! thanks for sharing it
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These look delicious! I found you 60 seconds ago on ZIpList!
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So cute and sounds deslish. Have to try these soon, thanks!
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I HAVE BEEN STUMBLING AND READING FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AND LOVE THESE DONUTS!!
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Love the pumpkin donuts!!
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I just found you today, but am so excited I did!!
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I just found you right now. I saw the pumpkin donuts posted by a friend. The donut maker would be a bonus…..I didn’t think those things worked. I can’t wait till this weekend – pumpkin donuts in October. Yum-o. I have you bookmarked, can’t wait to see your other recipes. I love to eat and I love to bake. I think if I had to pick one or the other, it would be baking!!!
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I found you this last summer! I love your writing.
In fact, I used your blog to inspire my bff to post. Now she recommends your site, calling it “Fat people recipes with personality”–it’s the only food blog she references. (http://bfflife.wordpress.com/2011/09/28/jesss-moving-update/) It’s definitely a compliment! As for me? You’re in my Pinterest and in my Tweets
Thanks for keeping us skinny people at a healthy weight, and keeping us humored!
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Just found your website today and these donuts sound awsome! Always looking for some new snack ideas for the grandkids, I think this will be a hit!
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Been reading you for months. My boyfriend loves everything I’ve made from this site! (Minus anything with veggies.. so mostly just baked goods)
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I can’t say how many days ago I began reading, but I know the first recipe I read was the Nutella swirled banana bread! But it wasn’t the recipe that had me hooked to reading this blog multiple times a week, it was the story about your gross sicky kids who were oozing out of all the holes in their faces and such while you shamefully and purposefully kept your distance. OMG I think I laughed so hard my lungs began to implode. Now, I like funny, and you are funny!
P.S. My friend and I both agreed that you take the BEST photos of food! What kind of camera do you use if you don’t mind sharing
Oh and my friend Tracey shared your blog-tastic-ness with me!
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Oh and I know this was a week late, but I wanted to comment anyway hehe
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Just came over from Foodgawker: the picture and the phrase “pumpkin donuts” caught my attention immediately. Those look just like the deep-fried cake version!
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Yum! I totally love pumpkin donuts… pumpkin everything actually. I’m kind of obsessed. These look delicious and I will definitely be making them soon : ) Thanks for sharing.
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I have been following you for a while, love your recipes! Would love to make the pumpkin donuts in the cute little donut maker.
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Do you think this recipe would work prepared the same way your mini sugar donut muffins are made???
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I made these this morning for an Poe/Raven brunch with my friends. They were a big hit! Thanks for the recipe!
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YUMMY!! Pumpkin donuts sound fabulous and yours look amazing! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Willa
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These look yummy! We are featuring them as the “inspiration” for a post on Craftfail on Friday. http://wp.me/p1sEcb-Cp <–this will be the url when it is published. Thanks!
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