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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
mykal says
Oh my GOODness….how my 7 children & I would totally love this!!! I stumbled on your site JUST NOW while Google “pumpkin donuts”! We just moved to Fl from MI & we are longing for our favorite pumpkin donuts from The Pumkin Factory….so I thought I would try to make some to surprise the kids.
Erin says
I found you blog through Pinterest yesterday, and I am now hooked. Pins of your food are now floating around Pinterest waiting for me to try them!!!
Emily G says
Maybe almost a year now. My sister kept sending me links to your recipes 🙂
Amy says
I’ve been following you for about 6 months now; I googled for a recipe and it let me to your site. There’s so many of yours I’ve made now, I can’t remember what the original one was….
Julie says
Pick me! Pick me!! I need to make these lovely donuts.
Jennifer S. says
I have had you in my google reader for a while now, I think a year or so? Love love love it!! Definitely a fave in my pinterest pins. 😉
Jenna B mom to 3 says
About a year and half! Just love the way you write and the recipes are delicious!
Tim Russell says
I learned about your page about a month ago Love your recipe ideas!
Susie says
I ended up on your blog by chance after I discovered the COOL app Ziplist! I am a recipe junky and after discovering the app I was having fun seeing how it would work. Your recipe for the pumpkin donuts was the first recipe I added to my recipe box. I just hope I can use the Donut Maker!! My twin teenage boys are eating everything in sight! They would love this! I plan to subscribe to your site right NOW. Love it! Keep up the great work!
Kelly (Mikulecky) Woodland says
I began reading Buns in my Oven about a month ago–you crack me up! I have been eyeing those mini-everything makers at Target for awhile, and they really are adorable! totally smile-worthy!
Kathy Faberge says
I was googling something (now, I can’t even remember what I was looking for) and the words, Buckeye Cake, in one of the results, popped out at me! Since I grew up with Buckeyes that my Mom made every Christmas season, I had to see just what a Buckeye Cake was. It’s definitely decadently delicious!
Kaylee says
I have been reading your blog and using your recipes since this summer. The cute title of your blog caught my attention and your cute comments have kept my attention…I have seen these doughnut makers and think we would love one at my house!
Tiffany says
Wow that was so nice of you to buy me a donut maker to =)
I have been reading your blog for about 6 month or so and I LOVE it!!!
Thanks for the chance!
Karissa says
I just got a link to your site from my friend Andria. I have 4 girls ranging from 12 to 8 months and I cannot wait to make some of these recipes for them (and my husband & I too)!!
Carrie Newman says
I have been so excited by the change of seasons that I am looking to fill my “pumpkin fix”. That is how I found your blog, by searching pumpkin on Pinterest. I LOVE pumpkin doughnuts and the picture looks absolutely delicious. (So do your other recipies!) I am book marking your blog for future cooking “fixes”! Thanks.