Cider Glazed Pumpkin Donuts
It’s that “pumpkin spice” time of the year. It seems like everywhere you turn, they’re adding it to something. I’ve never tried one of those famous Pumpkin Spice Lattes that are all the rage but I do have a fondness for Pumpkin Pie frozen yogurt. It’s like having a frozen slice of pie without the crust….yum! I also enjoy a slice of pumpkin bread on occasion which got me to thinking, instead of making bread this year…what about mini baked donuts?
So I set about creating this recipe of a baked version, and because they’re bite size, I ramped up the spices to add more punch in every little bite. I’ll warn you…they’re quite addicting but since they’re little, you can indulge practically guilt-free.
Cider Glazed Pumpkin Donuts
1/2 cup all natural applesauce
3 large eggs
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
1 1/2 cups canned pumpkin puree
1 tsp pure vanilla
1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/8 tsp ground cloves
1 1/2 tsp kosher salt
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
Cider Glaze
1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
2 TBS, plus 2 tsp apple cider or apple juice
1/4 tsp cinnamon
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a mini donut pan with cooking spray. Blend together the eggs, sugars, vanilla, applesauce, and pumpkin puree. In a separate bowl, combine all the remaining dry ingredients. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and combine until smooth. Spoon into prepared donut pan, filling only 1/2 way full. Wipe edges and centers of the pan with a wet paper towel. This will help to prevent sticking. Bake for 9-11 minutes or until done. Place on wire rack to cool, then dip the top of each donut into glaze. Let set before serving.
Makes 36-48 mini donuts.
If you prefer a lightly sweet and crunchy topping, as opposed to the glazed variety, try coating them in cinnamon sugar when they’re still warm just from the oven. I like to do half with the cider glaze and half sugar coated. Either way…they’re delicious!
20 Responses to “Cider Glazed Pumpkin Donuts”
These look so delicious & equally beautiful!! So fall perfect with a cup of hot coffee! My mom is coming across town Saturday to visit my new kitty & my son is home from college for a visit so 2 more reasons to try them! I’m sure it’s another recipe of yours to add to my favorites!!
Hope you enjoy them! I recommend doing both glazed and sugar coated…satisfies everyones sweet tooth. 😉
Those look just scruptious! Thank you for sharing that!
Thanks, Libby…Happy Fall!
Yummy. I love pumpkin and the glazed version is my favorite…Mr. B. loves the cinnamon sugar. Breakfast this weekend, perfect!
Karen
So funny…my husband and I are the opposite of you. I love the cinnamon sugar, he loves the glazed. To each his own! 😉
Your donuts look absolutely yummy. I shall try and make some. I love your wonderful blog and thank you for the emails.
Sarah
Your donuts look absolutely yummy. I shall try and make some. I love your wonderful blog and thank you for the emails.Feel free to visit my blog.
Sarah
Thank you, Sarah. Appreciate you subscribing to the blog….I’m off to visit yours! 🙂
PS. I tried to leave a comment but don’t have a Blogspot/Blogger account. Your gardens and chickens are lovely!
Hi Heather, I just made some pumpkin doughnuts with a maple glaze on Saturday morning and they were delicious!! But I will definitely have to try your recipe, it looks amazing!!
Thanks so much for the recipe!
Have a lovely night.
Sincerely,
Melinda
A maple glaze sounds yummy! Will have to try that next time!
Hi Heather, They look so good. I would love to try them. Where did you get your doughnut pan from?
Emily
Hi Emily,
There’s a link to the pan in the post…in the instructions section. But I have also seen them on occasion at Target and sometimes Homegoods.
Happy Baking!
These look so good! I just wanted to double check, is it just 3/4 cup flour or should it be 1-3/4 cup flour?
Hi Christina,
Yes, it should be 1 3/4 cups of flour. Thanks for letting me know…typos, ugh. I’ve updated it now.
Thanks again!
I just made these this afternoon…I am wondering if they should have had more flour than 3/4 c.? They did not turn out like doughnuts…they are more like a soft muffin dough. The batter was pretty thin…would more flour have made them better? They taste nice and spicey but texture is definitely off. Help?
Hi Bev,
Yes, it should be 1 3/4 cups. So sorry that yours didn’t turn out. I’ve updated it to the correct amount. I hope you try and make them again…wish I could invite you over for a batch and a cup of coffee! 🙂
Such delicious, perfect-for-fall donuts! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Hi Heather, I notice in the ingredients it also stated 1/2 cup of applesauce, do I add it in with the pumpkin puree?
Yes, the applesauce is mixed with the wet ingredients. 🙂 Enjoy!
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