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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
Vicki H. says
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!
Heather says
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.
Kristen says
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 🙂
Carolyn M says
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!
Darcy says
Just found you through the craft, sew, bake along and am IN LOVE. Those donuts look adorable and delicious!
Cindi says
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!
Meghan says
I discovered your blog this summer and have been an avid fan ever since! <3<3 🙂
Denise K says
I think for about 3 months now.
Smiles
Maredith says
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!
Joleen says
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!!
Staci says
I found your website by way of 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!
Marisa says
I have been reading bunsinmyoven.com for a year and a half now! The blueberry banana bread recipe is my all-time favorite 🙂
Rose says
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!
Rose says
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.
Laura Knapp says
I found your yummy blog a few months ago. Love the pictures.