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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
Alanna says
Want! And yum!
I’ve been reading you for a long time, but then I got an iPad and forgot about my bookmarks, and then I finally got with the program and started using google reader, so now I’m back! Thanks for continuing to post food that I want to (and do!) make!
joanie says
I love these! I must make them since, as most people, I love pumpkin stuff, and I just hope the cold weather follows just as quickly ;_;
I’ve been reading for a year and 5 months now, and I’ve loved all of it! So many recipes I need to make c:
Addy says
I’m Addy and I’ve been following your blog for about 6 months! (Even while I was across the sea studying in Spain for a month!) But don’t worry, I’m back now, so put your fluff back in. 🙂 I also saw these neato donut makers…SO COOL!
Carla Pratt-Roy says
i just came across your Blog at 8:45 PM tonight ! i was on Facebook on Confessions of a cookbook Queen’s page and seen your comment about her son and the magic tricks LOL ! and then i thought OOooHHhhOOhh those Donuts sound so YUMMYLICIOUS !! i have to see the recipe. and went and read your Blog ! it was great ! i i even bookmarked it ! and look forward to reading it daily ! wheather i win that cute little donut maker or any prize you offer, i have won the best prize of all by finding your BLOG !!
Becky says
I discovered you a couple months ago. I honestly don’t remember how I found you. Looking through previous posts, I think I saw your strawberry shortcake cookies and ice cream sandwiches entry was the first one I read. So, I must have been looking for a dessert. 🙂
Caryn says
Oh my goodness!! I saw this donut maker, too, and wanted to buy it sooooo badly! But my bank account isn’t allowing that right now. So you should give me one. Thanks.
And, I’ve been reading for probably a year?
Allie says
I’ve been reading for just under a year — I found your Oreo stuffed chocolate chip cookie recipe on thisiswhyyourehuge.com and I’ve been a fan ever since!
…and please don’t judge me for going to thisiswhyyourehuge.com.
Amanda says
I have only been reading your blog for about a month now, but I really enjoy it!
Stephanie Quan says
I’ve been reading for a few months now. I was hooked after I saw your bacon chocolate chip cookies on Yahoo!
Tiffany VR says
Yum! Unsurprisingly, these too look scrumptious! I’ve been checking this blog regularly for the past year (since i googled chocolate+oatmeal+peanut butter and landed here)
Linda says
The donuts look wonderful. It is hot,hot, hot here in Texas. Anything that can help me imagine fall is greatly appreciated.
My daughter got me started reading your blog about 8 months ago and I really enjoy it.
Jo says
The doughnut make is adorable! I’ve been reading your blog for about a year and I found you via stumbledupon
Heather Parker says
I am a newbie, I’ve only been following you a few months, but you have made my last few months lots yummier!
The Hungry Housewives (aka Alisa Garate) says
Gosh, I’m not sure- have been following for a couple months I think(?). I love your site! I want this donut maker so bad because homemade donuts remind me of my Grandpa who used to make them but I don’t have the time to do it like he did (plus, who wants to store all that oil? LOL). Thank you for the thank you!!!
Melissa@IWasBornToCook says
Yum! These look delicious! I think it’s been about 6 months or so since I discovered you 🙂