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
I found your yummy blog a few months ago. Love the pictures.
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I’m wondering IF you could use that cake mix that is a spice cake mix from the grocery store to make these with and just add the pumpkin to the spice cake mix? I can’t remember if it’s Pillsbury or what brand it is. I know you wouldn’t be able to mix it up as the recipe calls for on the box but I wonder about just adding the pumpkin to the cake mix if it would make it thick enough to use like this. hmmmm might have to try it.
Although it WOULD he healthier to use the whole wheat flour….. decisions decisions.
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I’m sorry! I didn’t read all of what you said. I was just checking out the recipe and thought how neat it would be to use the boxed spice cake. I just stumbled onto your blog from Big Mama’s blog. I was looking at this little donut maker thinking how cute it was. I’ve never seen one of these before.
You’re too funny! About those hormones, I know EXACTLY what you’re talking about! Just a couple weeks ago went to my Dr. for the results of my testings and found out one of the hormones was not even a point and then another one was low. So I am on two natural hormones now and she said I needed to take quadruple the amount of D’s I was taking. So I KNOW what you mean about them! But I AM feeling a little better now!
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I have been reading bunsinmyoven.com for a year and a half now! The blueberry banana bread recipe is my all-time favorite
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I found your website by way of http://www.cookiesand ups.com. I can’t stop reading! I am literally forcing my family to make their own dinner because I can’t be bothered to get off the iPad. They should appreciate the fact that I found you because really, their bellies will thank me later! And I’m so glad to see that I am not the only one who wanted that tiny donut maker. I often think about buying it, but my thighs beg me not to! So if I am gifted a donut maker then the donuts are fat free right? Anyway, thanks for your great blog!
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I’ve been reading for more than a year…and love all the recipes. My family LOVES the Cream Cheese Chicken Enchiladas! I can’t wait to try Pumpkin Donuts!!
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I just came upon your website tonight when I saw another blog page (big mama’s home kitchen) post a link to your page for the pumpkin donuts, I have to tell you I can’t wait to get in the kitchen and try out a couple of the recipes on here! I look forward to following your blog!
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I think for about 3 months now.
Smiles
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I discovered your blog this summer and have been an avid fan ever since! <3<3
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I think I have been reading your blog and enjoying the recipes for about 1 year now! I love summer….I am not so happy about the fall and winter but I love pumpkin! The pumpkin doughnuts sound wonderful! I am excited to try them and I would love to win the doughnut maker! I will be making the doughnuts and sharing with my neighbors! Thank you!
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Just found you through the craft, sew, bake along and am IN LOVE. Those donuts look adorable and delicious!
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Love your blog! Also, I LOVE pumpkin everything! I would LOVE this cute donut maker and so would my kids! Cannot wait to try this recipe! Thanks!
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I have been following for about 6 months…I don’t remember how I came across your blog but I love almost all of your recipes you post! I check it every other day to see if there’s anything new to try
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Um, I’ve been reading you for about thirty seconds.
I actually found you because someone on a knitting board mentioned the adorable mini donut maker, and zomg, I NEEDS IT. Pumpkin donuts in cinnamon sugar are a gift from the gods. Also, apple cider donuts.
Noms.
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I have been reading for about 6-9 months…I can’t remember which other blog mentioned you (as I follow LOTS), but one of the blogs mentioned you or a recipe and I click and have been checking every day since then! Cant wait to try these out. I love, love, love all things pumpkin, so much that we grow our own!
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Love, love, love donuts! Okay not really but I do. Let me explain. My teeth don’t have enamel on them and I find fried donuts to leave an unpleasant film on my teeth causing an odd sensation. That being said I love baked donuts and this little donut maker would be perfect for me. Thanks for sharing your pumpkin donut recipe since those are the only flavor I wait for all year to battle the film!
They sound delicious!
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I started about 8 months ago, and I LOVE your blog! Your humor is great and I look forward to your posts! Keep it up
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I’ve been reading for about 2 weeks, I’ve added you to my RSS feed though and found you through a pumpkin recipe I had googled. I am SO glad though, your recipes rock and I love the site (hence the RSS feed). It’s in my Outlook feeds.
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Love this! Can’t wait to try it. I’ve had you in my Feedly reader for month. Wish it would tell me when I added you. Great giveaway!
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um, so i really did just stumble across your cute little site- like 5 minutes ago… and then these yummy pumpkin donuts popped up on my screen and i wanted to eat the screen. now i want that donut maker so that i CAN eat them! love the site!
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Oh my gosh, these look so tasty! Pumpkin-flavored everything is one of the top reasons Fall is my favorite season. The local coffee place just started offering pumpkin lattes today; I tried one and couldn’t get enough!
I found this blog a few months back while browsing through my tracked tags on Tumblr. The link I found was to your spaghetti and meatballs, I believe! I fell in love with the site and it’s been on my bookmark list ever since. ?
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I love your blog! Found it about 6 months ago and have been reading and attempting recipes ever since… Just made your Faux Barbeque Chicken last nite and loved it!! Thank you so much for taking time out of your busy life to share everything with us. We soooooooo appreciate it!
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I just found your site through Stumble Upon. I have now officially bookmarked your site for future foodie blog updating:) Love it!
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I came across your website a few months ago while trying to come up with creative recipes to make my husband now that we are newly married. Love your site and ideas you share!
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I need this donut maker! Ok so maybe that’s a little dramatic but who doesn’t NEED a donut maker that doesn’t involve frying?! Genius! I found your site last week and I am now a devoted follower! You rock! Now please pick me…..pretty pretty please with buttercream frosting on top?
Even if you don’t I’ll still love your blog, I promise.
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I stumbled onto your blog about 3 months ago (?) and have been an avid reader ever since! You have fantastic recipes and your humor is always a fresh dose of laughter. As much as I want to win this doughnut maker – I am afraid my diet would be ruined…because I would instantly start stalking glazed doughnut recipes and I would get huge. Oh well. At least if I’m going to give up my jeans it will be for doughnuts!
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I just found you about 10 mintes ago. I followed a link from CookiesandCups. I now have you bookmarked! This donut maker looks cool. The kids have been asking me to make cider donuts and I have been dreading the work it involves in cutting and frying. This would make the process much easier.
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These little donuts look amazing! I’d love to try it with apple cider donuts! I just stumbled on your blog for the first time today but it looks like I’ll be hooked forever now:) There’s nothing better than a great baking blog! Thanks a bunch!
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Tiny, sweet, baked things make me very happy! I SOOOO need this donut maker! I’ve only been stalking your blog for a little over a month ( and I think I was food blog hopping at the time……while I was supposed to be working. shhhh)
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I just stumbled across your site a few minutes ago. (I have a food blog called Bun in the !Oven!) I would love this donut maker. I actually saw them at JcPenny last week and I really wanted to get one, but I couldn’t justify it.
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first time reading the site…happened to literally ‘stumble upon’ it…would love to test out the pumpkin donuts with a little help from the donut machine!
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i have been reading about 2 years and the donuts look so yummy
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I just started reading your blog 2 months ago. I would love to win a donut maker!
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im a baking blog nut, i check my favorites every day admiring all the yummy things people are baking, wishing that i could bake something new every day too… came across “buns in my oven” a few months ago and have been checking regularly every since – thanks for all the ideas – will be trying out these pumpkin donuts for sure
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I just found this blog! Looking for pumpkin donuts. I found just what I wanted and stumbled upon a gold mine of delicious recipes too!
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I have been following your blog for about a year now – love your posts and all the goodies you make!
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I’ve been following your recipes for about 1 year now. I’ve tried several of them and have loved them all! I love your creative and yummy recipes.
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I just found your site while Stumbling Upon…those pumpkin donuts look fab. Where do you get those donut makers?
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I was looking up cookies and cups and I came across your website as one of her favorites! Great recipes! I also want to know where I can get one of those donut makers?
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MMMMMM these seem amazing?! I keep seeing this babycakes machine and I keep debating weather or not to buy it. Do you think its worth it?!
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I stumbled across your site earlier today and have been on it for 2 hours straight so far! Thanks for all that you do.
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That donut maker is adorable!!!
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About 3 weeks or so. My friend turned me on to you..
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Well i am a total newbie… just found you this morning after getting a random email from ziplist. When I came to your website I saw this yummy pumpkin donut recipe… a must try! We love pumpkin! Thank you…
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Just found you via zip list for these fabulous pumpkin donuts and now I need to make them so I will need a donut maker…
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If i were to be left on a desert island with 2 things – i would choose pumkin bread pudding and donuts – this seems like the perfect combination! I must make these!
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great site !! just found it for the first time today, donuts looks yummy !! will be back
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Found your website on zip list… your donuts sound amazing and I had to get the recipe.
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Just found your site a few wks ago. I am in love w/the pumpkin donut recipe, but am actually weary of making them since I normally make homemade donuts w/my Mom & it seems like a big production. Now that I have a little girl, I may have to get that donut maker so we can make donuts more often!
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Found you from Zip List and love the donut maker. Frying is a royal pain! The pumpkin donuts look divine, I can’t wait to try making them.
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