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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
Kelly says
Just made these- delicious! Thank you for sharing! Can’t wait to browse more of your recipes.
Mariza says
I’ve been reading your blog for about a month, but I love it!
Tiffany | baking at tiffanys says
So yummy, I love donuts and pumpkin–your pumpkin donuts look so cute, I wish I had some for breakfast!
Kay says
Karly, I just stumbled upon your website when I googled “substitute for cream of chicken soup”. I live in a small town on Java island (Indonesia) and some ingredients are difficult to find here. And anyway, I think your recipe will be better than canned soup. But then I got interested in other stuff and came across your pumpkin donuts post. Just wanted to say that you’re a great writer! Your post really cracked me up. (I’m also gonna try your barbeque sauce recipe!)
Karly says
@Kay,
Thanks, Kay! 🙂
cathy says
this website is my new happy place :)….thanks!
Nancy Pietrzykowski says
I have been following your posts on FB for about a month now…But I swear,every recipe photo makes me drool! I like your style! REAL food,baby!! 🙂 (And yes,I WILL be making these donuts!! )
sandy says
Dont remember how i found ya, but I did
deb says
So….it’s 10pm…I’ve spent the evening cleaning for guests and what happens? My hubs says…you should make those pumpkin donuts you saw on line….so what does my house smell like now.?,, pumpkin awesomeness. He said he will fl the dishes at least……
Karly says
Donuts always taste best late at night! 🙂
Deb Risner says
I’ve been reading you for a few weeks…but just joined the email club like…last week. Because, you are, awesome. My thighs don’t agree, but hey, the family loves the treats so far….
Laura H says
Following for. a year. Such yummy recipes!
Bonnie says
Have been reading your posts since I “liked” you at FB a couple weeks ago. Great recipes!
Lisa Cory says
I am new to your blog, glad to have found it!
Krista M says
I just came across your site through Pinterest. I am officially hooked! Great recipes and I just discovered I need to get a donut maker. My waist line might not appreciate it, but my taste buds sure will. I’m making your chicken and ranch dressing recipe for dinner tonight.
Karly says
Thanks, Krista! Hope you enjoyed the chicken!
And, I’ve come to fall in love with my donut pan…much easier (and cheaper!) than the donut machines. 🙂
susan says
I honestly don’t know how long I’ve been reading…but I LOVE LOVE LOVE your blog! It’s been a least a couple years, as I was searching for a buckeye cake and that’s how I stumbled across your blog. BTW I made that cake and it’s become our favorite birthday cake…like…ever! I’ve made it at least for four birthday’s over the last couple years. Your pictures literally make me want to lick my computer screen sometimes…yes, I know, that sounds gross and like I have other mental problems…but, to say that you take great pictures just sounds so lame, ya know?
Karly says
Haha! Thank you so much for the sweet comment! 🙂
Kim says
This is an awesome little machine. I don’t blame you for grabbing one, and I thank you for grabbing the second for one of us lucky folks. I can’t recall when I first found you but it was probably linked from someone else’s blog. It’s been a few months, now, at least. I’ve been trying your recipes for a while. The name attracted me, it’s great! And your recipes are always worth making twice.