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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
Andrea G. says
I think I’ve been reading for around 7-8 months or so! Love it and would LOVE to win the donut maker so I can continue my quest to put pumpkin in everything!
Linda S. says
I want this so bad!!! Love, love, love it!!!
A Church says
I have been reading your blog for about 9 months. These donuts looks wonderful.
Lori says
I have been following you for a few months- your blog is one of the few I have saved in my favorites that I follow daily! 🙂
Veronica @ Café con Leche says
mMmM those pumpkin donuts look delish!!! put those on my pumpkin treats to make/eat 🙂
I first came across Buns in January, right before I was about to study abroad in Spain and went a little nuts making a bunch of the recipes because i loove to bake [brownie recipe = best brownies in life. for real.] but then I went abroad and lived with a Spanish madre so I was sadly kitchen-confined. You know the story from there with my sister sending those nutella crumb bars! Still hoping she’ll surprise me with those again soon 😉 thanks for all the wonderful recipes Karly! I love reading your blog.
Aimee @ ShugarySweets says
How cute is that? I’ve been reading for about 6 months…or should I say stalking and lurking? You do a great job here, hormones and all!!
Jess says
I’ve been reading the last year or so
Denise says
Gosh I started reading about 100 pounds of butter ago, oops I mean a year+++
Allison says
Love your site and that cute little donut maker! I have been following your posts for the last couple months and have gained 10 pounds (well, okay I’m also pregnant, but you have helped!)
Gayle rhoton says
I started following your site for several months now. Enjoy it so much! I have a small home day care and they would love to have doughnuts for breakfast or snack, me too!
Stacy Jarrell says
I have been following you for about 2 months now. You blog was one of the first food blogs I came across. As for the pumpkin doughnuts…I’m in love! I have some leftover pumpkin in the fridge and I am wondering if my 6 month old will play long enough for me to make them for my 3 and soon to be 14 year olds. Yeah..14. And a girl. Days of hormonal fun there.
Michelle Nuzz says
Hello!! I started following you this spring, when I decided to slow down with work and spend more time with my 3 yr old and 1 yr old…. which means lots more time in the kitchen!! I adore all that you do!
Lindsey Miles says
I’ve been reading your blog since late july, and I love it! These and the pumpkin scones sound perfect for fall 🙂
Ellen says
Hello! I just started reading your blog this summer after a friend mentioned how enjoyable it is to read!
Juli says
I’ve probably been following your blog for a couple of months now, thanks to my sister-in-law, who shares only her best blogging discoveries with me. On a side note, just the thought of those donuts made me feel overwhelmingly Fall-ish, which is saying something because I live in Hawaii, where it is most decidedly unFall-ish. So, thank you!