These pumpkin donuts are full of spices. Spongy in the middle and with crispy edges.
A few years back I started making these pumpkin donuts. I'm not a big fan of cake donuts, I prefer lighter, yeast donuts.
One day I decided to give this recipe a try, wow! I'm glad I did. They're not too dense as I thought they would be. They're spongy on the inside, they have a little bit of crunch on the outside and the spices give them a lot of flavor.
The dough it's very easy and quick to make, I like it that I can make it the night before and fry it the next day for breakfast.
Make the dough and chill for at least 3 hours or overnight.
Since the dough is very sticky, we need a well-floured counter to roll our dough. If you don't have a donut cutter, use a cup and a small lid to cut the donuts.
Fry donuts in low heat and drain in paper towels. Dip them in glaze or cinnamon-sugar.
Recipe adapted from Every Day Annie.
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Pumpkin Donuts (Cake Donuts)
Ingredients
For the dough:
- 3-1/2 cups flour (437.5g)
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 cup sugar (200g)
- 3 tablespoons butter at room temperature (42.53g)
- 1 large egg
- 2 large egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup sour milk add 1/2 tablespoon of vinegar or lemon juice to milk and let it sit for 5 minutes before using or buttermilk (125ml/4fl.oz)
- 1 cup pumpkin pure (225g/8oz)
- 3 cups vegetable oil for frying (750ml)
Cinnamon-sugar:
- 1/2 cup sugar (100g)
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
Glaze:
- 1 cup icing sugar (125g)
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- a pinch of ground nutmeg
- a pinch of ground ginger
- a pinch of ground cloves
- 2 tablespoons milk
Instructions
- To make the dough, start by combining in a medium bowl, flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and clove. Using an electric mixer beat in butter, sugar, egg, egg yolk and vanilla. To that, add sour milk, pumpkin puree and the flour mixture. Mix on low until well combined. The dough is very sticky, don´t add more flour. Chill for 3 hours (I chilled mine overnight).
- In a well-floured surface, roll dough to a 1/2-inch thick. Using a donut cutter, cut dough. Reroll and cut dough as necessary.
- Heat oil to 365°-370°F / 185°-187°C (if you don´t have a thermometer, put your stove on low) and fry the donuts for 1 minute each side, or until golden brown. Place donuts on paper towels. Before you add more donuts to the oil, wait until it reaches the right temperature.
- In a medium bowl mix sugar and cinnamon; when donuts are cool enough to handle (don´t wait until donuts are cold), dip them in this mixture and coat completely.
- In another medium bowl mix ingredients for icing; dip donuts in icing.
Notes
Nutrition
Places I´m sharing this recipe:
Fiesta Friday hosted by Angie, and the cohosts this week are Monika @ Everyday Healthy Recipes and Sandhya @ Indfused
CookBlogShare hosted by Jacqui from recipesmadeeasy, and the co-hosts areKirsty @k_phillipson, Eb @easypeasyfoodie and Monika @MonikasRecipes,
Jacqui
Lizet these look fabulous. I love doughnuts and would love to try these. They look perfect.
Lizet Flores de Bowen
Hi Jacqui! thank you. Let me know how you like them!
Kat (The Baking Explorer)
I've not tried this method of making donuts before, they sound delicious and look lovely and light.
Lizet Flores de Bowen
Hi Kat! yes! they are sooo light! I hope you given them a try.
Jhuls @ The Not So Creative Cook
I haven't made donuts in a long time. These look so delicious! Thanks for sharing at Fiesta Friday party!
Lizet Flores de Bowen
Thanks for coming by Jhuls!
Sarah
These Doughnuts look sooooooo delicious! Can;t wait to try them 😀
Lizet Flores de Bowen
Let me know how you like them Sarah!
Monika
These look so perfect and the fact they are made with pumpkin is a bonus, I am a bit in love with pumpkin:) Thank you for sharing with FF:) Stumbled!
Lizet Flores de Bowen
Hi Monika! I hope you try them!
Julie
The glazed ones look so good - and who doesn't love pumpkin? I definitely have to try this recipe.
Lizet Flores de Bowen
Thanks Julie for coming by! I hope you give it a try and let me know how you like them 🙂
Stephanie
These look so yummy! I bet this would be a fun treat at a Halloween party 🙂
Lizet Flores de Bowen
Yes! or at any other party 😉
lauren
These look so good! I could eat pumpkin donuts every day I think! yum!
Lizet Flores de Bowen
Oh! me too, Lauren. I could eat pumpkin donuts every day! 🙂
April
I wonder if this would do well with sweet potatoes? I tried a sweet potato cake donut the other day and they came out way too dense. These look good. I may try yours out.
Lizet Flores de Bowen
Hmm, I think they were dense because sweet potatoes have a lot more starch and pumpkin more water. I hope you try this recipe. Let me know if you liked it.
TurksWhoEat
These sound wonderful, I love making donuts at home!
Lizet Flores de Bowen
Yeah, there is nothing like homemade donuts 🙂
Elizabeth | The Recipe Revival
These sound amazing! I love the little doughnut holes 😊.
Lizet Flores de Bowen
Oh thanks Elizabeth! They are SO yummy!