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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
Kim Lindsey says
I’ve been following your blog for several months now. I stumbled upon your website whilst looking for Nutella recipes and your Nutella pop tarts looked the best, so I made them and they were delcious. And now I must make your pumpkin donuts and I must say I passed the same donut maker today at Target and I too don’t buy single use appliances,but I paused to look at it because I was oddly drawn to the bright color;)
Barbara says
I have been reading your blog for approximately two minutes! I heard about your blog from a dear friend who shares my love of food blogs and pointed me to your site when I asked for recs. I already love you because the first post I read was pumpkin donuts. Pumpkin. Donuts.
I love everything pumpkin… and hate my grocery store (we live in CO) at the moment because they don’t stock it year-round like my old store on the East Coast did. Pretty much the only thing VA beats CO on.
ELOISE says
i don’t know how long i’ve been reading your blog…maybe just a couple of months now. i love every post. i’m obsessed with food blogs!
Chelsea says
Ohhhh mama…pumpkin donuts??? I found your blog about a month ago and have since bookmarked pretty much every recipe you’ve posted.
Karen says
I just stumbled upon your website now! I love anything pumpkin so I definitely need to try these!
Michelle Wilson says
I’ve been following you about six months and I love your posts. I would love one of these cute donut makers!
SAB says
I have been reading Buns in My Oven since about 2008! I have bookmarked a bunch of recipes and I am sure I have tried a few over the years too! Thanks for being a great Blogger!
Sarah
Megan says
I have been reading your blog for about a year and a half now probably. Not exactly sure. The strawberry crostada got me hooked. I love your recipes and laugh out loud everytime. 🙂
Tina says
I stumbled across your blog a few months, but I looked at so many of your past posting it’s as if I’ve been following you for years! hehe..
I would LOVE to receive the donut maker. My whole family, including myself, are now completely gluten free (due to severe allergies).. and to make gluten free homemade donuts would be awesome!!
Tami Welch says
I just came across your website today from Cookie and Cups. I love to bake and have just found a new blog to follow. Looking forward to stocking your blog!!!
laura says
just found your blog through a google search for “nutella donuts no shortening”! cannot wait to make those, and then the thumbnail for these pumpkin ones at the bottom of the screen got me! freaking out, salivating far too much. thanks for the recipes!
Susan says
No deep fat frying??? Oh my gosh…I have to get one of these donut makers NOW!
Sarah G says
One of my friends introduced me to your site and I have been hooked ever since! I think I’ve been following your site for about 8 monthsish? In fact, I am planning on making these doughnuts this weekend (although I don’t have that fab doughnut maker – instead I’ll be using the boring baking pans). 🙂 Love your recipes!
Anita says
I came here through a link on ravelry to see the yumminess of your donuts. Pumpkin donuts Nom!
Jenny says
sweet niblets! 375 comments! i am not even a little bit surprised actually. for one, your recipes are divine and two, reading your blog is a treat in and of itself. i seriously laugh out loud every time i read it. i’ve been following your blog for a couple of years i think (motherhood=time warp, ergo two years might really be two months). i have no idea how i found it. i think i might have been searching for a particular recipe? (motherhood also=brain missing). anyway, love the blog!! thanks for having it. haha.