Baked pumpkin spice doughnuts are an easy peasy way to get those essential fall flavors into your morning routine…who needs a latte?
Meet the easiest way to scratch the pumpkin-spice itch: baked pumpkin doughnuts with a soft cake crumb and a glittery sugar coat. No frying, no mess ~ just mix, bake, toss in sugar, and stack them up next to a hot mug.
baked pumpkin doughnuts in 5 easy steps
- Whip up the batter in just one bowl with a whisk.
- Fill your doughnut molds ~ I find it easiest to use a piping bag, but you can do this with a spoon.
- Bake ~ it just takes 12 minutes!
- Coat the warm doughnuts with sugar.
- Devour.
why yes, you do need a doughnut pan!
If you love fall baking, have school aged kids, or a hungry office cohort, you need this pan!
A doughnut pan is one of those little baking tools that earns its keep every fall ~ because once you taste these pumpkin spice doughnuts, you’ll wonder how you ever lived without one. The pan gives you that classic doughnut shape without deep frying, and it turns a simple batter into bakery-level treats in about 12 minutes flat. Think cozy weekend mornings, fresh from the oven, still warm and tossed in sugar ~ totally worth the drawer space.
baked pumpkin doughnuts variations
- Roll in pumpkin-spice sugar (⅓ cup sugar + 1–1½ tsp pumpkin pie spice)
- Or finish with a quick maple glaze (1 cup powdered sugar + 2–3 Tbsp maple syrup)
- Fold in mini chocolate chips
- Coat in powdered sugar rather than granulated
- Dip in melted chocolate.
store & freeze instructions
Store your pumpkin doughnuts airtight at room temp 1–2 days.
For longer keeping, freeze uncoated up to 2 months ~ thaw and warm at 300–325°F for 6–8 minutes, then coat with sugar.
Loved these baked pumpkin spice doughnuts? Keep the cozy streak going with a pan of pumpkin crumb cake, a batch of pumpkin spice biscuits, or silky pumpkin pot de creme for dessert.
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Equipment
- doughnut pan My pan is a mini doughnut pan, and the rings measure 2 3/4 inches across. You can also use a full sized doughnut pan just add a couple of minutes to the baking time.
Ingredients
for the doughnuts
- 3 large eggs
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 1/2 cups canned pumpkin, not pie filling
- 1/4 tsp each: cloves, nutmeg, ginger, cardamom, allspice and cinnamon, or use 1 1/2 tsp pumpkin spice
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 2 cups all purpose flour
for the sugar coating
- 1 cup sugar
Instructions
- Set the oven to 350F and lightly butter or spray your doughnut pan, even though it is non-stick. You can use a regular or mini doughnut pan for this recipe, just be aware that your baking time will vary. My pan is a mini pan, with the doughnut molds measuring 2 3/4 inches across.
- In a large bowl whisk together the eggs, oil, sugar, pumpkin, spices, salt and baking powder.
- Fold in the flour, and mix until just combined. Don't overmix.
- Fill the molds 3/4 full with the batter. An easy way to do this is to put the batter in a large baggie and cut off the tip from one corner. Then pipe the batter into the molds. If you only have one pan, just cook the doughnuts in two batches, but remember to clean out the wells thoroughly between batches, and re-spray them.
- Bake for 12 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Don't over bake, these doughnuts are small!
- Let the doughnuts cool just briefly and then ease them out of the pan and onto a rack.
- While the doughnuts are still warm, coat them with the sugar. I put the sugar in a bowl and toss them to coat generously.
Notes
Nutrition
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Just saved this recipe to make for Halloween. My son adores doughnuts and these look absolutely perfect!