Description
The dough of these baked pumpkin doughnut holes is made with pumpkin puree and rolled in a sweetly spiced cinnamon sugar mix.
Ingredients
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Pumpkin Donut Holes
- 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp ground ginger
- 1/4 tsp ground all spice
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
- 1 egg
- 1/3 cup buttermilk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 Tbsp butter (melted)
- 1/4 cup pumpkin puree
Topping
- 5 Tbsp butter (melted)
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2–3 Tbsp ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 24-cup mini muffin tin well.
- In a large bowl, mix together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, all spice, and cloves.
- In a separate bowl, mix together egg, buttermilk, and vanilla extract.
- Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients, and pour in the liquid ingredients. Stir until just combined. Add in pumpkin puree and melted butter, and mix until combined.
- Drop about 1 Tbsp of batter into each mini muffin cup.
- Bake for 9-10 minutes, or until the pumpkin donut holes ‘spring’ back when touched.
- Once the donuts have cooled, roll each donut hole in the melted butter, and then immediately roll in the cinnamon sugar mixture.
- Enjoy!
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Baking, Dessert