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A delicious pumpkin mini donut recipe for all of you. 
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.
Cinnamon and sugar are a great topping for these pumpkin donuts
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.
Pumpkin Donuts
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 or donut pan.
- 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.
Nutrition Information:
recipe adapted from food.com
jean finegan says
I just found your site over the weekend when Brown Eyed Baker had a link to one of your recipes. I’m sure you will be one I will check frequently
Casey M says
Hello! My sister and I “stumbledupon” your blog one night this summer and have been drooling ever since. You make the most delicious treats and give me so much inspiration. Oreo brownies, really? You know what I mean. 🙂
Melinda O says
I’ve been reading you for the better part of this year. And I feel your pain about kids growing up. Both of mine graduated college (college!) this summer and I’ll be 50 in a couple of weeks. Time flies! Keep up the blogging… you are a fun read. 🙂
Leanna says
I’ve only been here a week!. Found you because Brown Eyed Baker mentioned you. Had to see what this was about. Now I spend lots of time looking up all your older recipes. And planning..you know what I mean.
Karen - foodiefromtheheart says
I also stumbled upon you from the Buckeye Cake Post….I really want to become a food blogger, so I am following different foodies to try and learn the trade, you byyyyyyy farrrrrr have the most creative name! I love it!! Thanks for mentoring a newbie!
Jasmine says
I’ve had your site bookmarked for well over a year. I keep telling myself that I’m going to start my own food blog one day, but for now I just check out my favorites as often as I can.
Chelsey says
I have been reading for about 3 months and it has been the best 3 months ever!! I droll over you food!
Lisa says
I can’t wait to make these, and the doughnut maker would be so great!! The hubs just loves pumpkin anything, so these are perfect. I’ve been a follower for about 4 or 5 months. I just love reading your blog, thanks for all the great recipes.
Rachel - A Southern Fairytale says
I’m pretty sure I’ve been reading your forevah. you know, years. <3
OMG I want. I need. I want.
Love you, sunshine.
Deanna B. says
I totally need one of those adorable donut makers! I’ve been reading buns for a year or so. I can’t begin to tell you how many of your recipes we’ve tried ( or how many I’ve taken to work and totally taken credit for. Thanks by the way!!) I can’t wait to try the pumpkin donuts recipe…. If only I had a donut maker… He he.
Jordan says
I have been reading your blog for about 4 months, when I first decided my mid-life crisis was going to be that i needed to become a chef (I’m a senior in college haha)
These donuts look so yummy! I finally bought a can of pumpkin and have been deciding how to use it.
Bev J. says
What a cute little gadget and the donuts look delish. I have been getting your email updates about 2 months now, I think. Great recipes!
Andrea Velazquez says
It’s lovely!!! I have been following you since 2009 when a friend in my office showed me some delicious recipe (I must say I don’t remember which one) but I enjoy all of your entries!
Julie @ Sugarfoot Eats says
I’ve only been following you for about a month. But I’ve been going through past posts wondering what took me so long!
Lindsey Z. says
I have been reading about a year, I think! Stumbled upon it somehow (through another blog perhaps?) and bookmarked it stat!
Love this recipe! I have a large pumpkin baking pan, but I would LOVE to make these mini doughnuts for my toddler!