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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
Amy says
I came across your site a few months ago, when I started my obsession with baking/cooking blogs. I love pouring over pages of recipes!
Brooke says
I was directed this way by Jessica at the Leaky Boob! I just had to find out more about Pumpkin donuts. Drool. Donuts. Saw this contraption at Kohls too and was oh so tempted to bring it home for my little donut lovers. Alas I did not. Boo. Now I must find out more about this Buckeye cake. Again drool!
LeAnn L says
Pick me! Pick me! I just found you, thanks to my new friend Pinterest! 🙂
kayleigh says
I have been reading for about six months now, love your recipes!
Jenn says
I think it’s been about six months or so…adore the recipes and photos, and a donut maker would clearly improve things around here! Except for the fitting into of jeans. That might not be helped. That, however, is a risk I am totally willing to take.
Dawn says
I started reading your blog a few months ago. I am pretty sure I heard about you from Confessions of a Cookbook Queen. Love my lady food bloggers!
Roxanne says
I happened upon this lovely blog in april 2011 when my then fiance heard someone at work talking about oreo stuffed chocolate chip cookies. He found your post and emailed it to me to copy, and since then I have been hooked! It has gotten to the point where my hubby asks what has Karly taught you recently:)
And we can’t eat enough of those peanut butter hot fudge bars with a scoop of vanilla ice cream right on top
Amanda says
I’ve been reading for about a year. I think I gain weight by just looking at your pictures…especially the Nutella recipes. Maybe I could make Nutella donuts when I win the baby cakes maker!?
Sarah says
I’ve been reading for almost 7 months! 🙂
Carla says
Love your site. Following for about a year after my sister turnede on to it.
Emily says
Mmmm… spice-y, fall-y goodness. 🙂
I started following your blog on a cold, dark, wintry evening in January or February 2010 (I remember it vividly. It was life-changing.) while I was a senior in college (and attempting to lose the freshmen 15…) when I came across this FANTASTIC looking brownie recipe from your blog that a friend had posted on another friend’s wall on facebook… talk about stalking… I’ve been drooling and in love ever since. 🙂
Averie @ Love Veggies and Yoga says
I’ve been reading your blog about 4 mos or so…every since I found you I think on FG or TS b/c of your gorgeous photos. Then you were gracious enough to write back to an email of mine I sent you about your photography website…and that helped me build my own site. So thank you!! 🙂
And the donuts. Wow. I want them! And that donut maker!
Laura zentz says
I only stumbled upon you not so long ago, but I love reading your posts!
Michelle Kiefer says
Oh how I would LOVE to have that cute little doughnut maker to make morning goodies with my daughter! I’ve been reading your blog for a few months now.
Amanda says
I’ve been reading you for about a month, and I cannot wait to find time to try all of your recipes… especially this one! The only thing missing is some sort of cranberry cream filling, and my tastebuds’ lives will be complete. 🙂 Also, I would love love love a tiny donut maker. How rad!