It’s pumpkin season! Treat your family and friends to a special breakfast with a batch of the best light and fluffy baked pumpkin donuts.
Favorite Fall Recipes Blog Hop
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The Best Light And Fluffy Baked Pumpkin Donuts
I love to bake in the fall, and this recipe is one of my all-time favorites. Sprinkled with just a hint of cinnamon and sugar, these baked pumpkin donuts are light, fluffy, and bursting with flavor!
And they are so simple to make. Who doesn’t love an easy recipe?
I wish I could describe how amazing they smell fresh out of the oven. The word heavenly comes to mind, but even that might not do these scrumptious donuts justice. Here’s everything you need to whip up a batch and find out for yourself!
Ingredients For The Best Light And Fluffy Baked Pumpkin Donuts
For the donuts
- 1 large egg
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 cups pumpkin puree
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- pinch of nutmeg
For the Cinnamon-Sugar Topping
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2–3 tablespoons ground cinnamon
Instructions For The Best Light And Fluffy Baked Pumpkin Donuts
For the Donuts
First, preheat your oven to 350℉. Then, in a large mixing bowl, beat the egg for 1-2 minutes until it’s light and fluffy.
Next, add the milk, oil, butter, and vanilla. Mix together until well combined. Then add the pumpkin puree and continue to mix until blended.
Add the brown sugar and granulated sugar, and cream together with the wet ingredients.
Then, in a separate mixing bowl, stir together the remainder of the dry ingredients. Pour them into the wet mixture and stir until just combined.
Use some baking spray to grease your donut pan and pour the batter into a plastic storage bag. Snip off the corner of the bag with scissors and carefully pipe the batter into each donut cup, filling each with about 1/4 cup of batter.
Bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the donuts.
Cool the donuts in the pan for 5 minutes. Then turn out onto a wire cooling rack.
For the Cinnamon-Sugar Topping
Once cooled, brush the donuts with melted butter and dip them in a mixture of cinnamon and sugar. Serve immediately.
How To Make The Donuts In Advance
These donuts are best served within 1-2 days of baking. To save time, you can prepare them the day before. Follow the recipe and bake as directed. Then store them, uncoated in an airtight food storage container. Add the cinnamon and sugar coating right before serving.
How To Freeze Leftover Donuts
To freeze your donuts, cool them completely first, and do not add the cinnamon and sugar. Carefully layer them in an air-tight and freezer-safe container. When ready to serve, thaw the donuts to room temperature and then add the cinnamon-sugar topping.
The Best Light And Fluffy Baked Pumpkin Donuts
If you love pumpkin like me, you might also enjoy another breakfast favorite, pumpkin spice streusel muffins. Or for a sweet treat, try some easy pumpkin oatmeal cookies.
Don’t forget to stop by and see all of my friend’s favorite fall recipes too! Simply scroll to the bottom of the page, click on the name of the recipe, and pin it to save for later!
Enjoy!
Pasha is Home | Favorite Pumpkin Cookie Recipe
A simple and soft cookie! This pumpkin cookie recipe only needs seven ingredients. And is one of the easiest cookie recipes you can make ;).
The Tattered Pew | Mini Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Puff Pastry Pies
These easy and delicious mini puff pastry pies are filled with chocolate chips and pumpkin pie filling. This recipe is perfect for a Fall or Thanksgiving dessert!
She Gave It A Go | The Best Sweet Potato Casserole Recipe
This is an easy and delicious sweet potato casserole recipe. It’s the perfect side dish during the fall and at Thanksgiving. Frankly, it’s the best sweet potato casserole out here!
Cali Girl In A Southern World | Perfect Pumpkin Parfaits
The delicious Fall flavors layered in these perfect pumpkin parfaits are extraordinary! The combination of creamy pudding, seasonal pumpkin, warm spices, and crunchy spiced gingersnaps make this dessert Fall perfection. They’re so easy to make and the individual serving sizes are wonderful for entertaining. Dare I say these pumpkin parfaits are better than pumpkin pie?!
Simply 2 Moms | The Best Caramel Apple Overnight Oats
You’re going to love this easy make-ahead Caramel Apple Overnight Oats recipe bursting with the flavors of fall! This healthy gluten-free and dairy-free recipe is perfect for busy weekday mornings or for an afternoon snack.
Home With Holly J | Pumpkin Cream Cheese Swirl Muffins
Pumpkin Cream Cheese Swirl Muffins are sure to be one of your favorite things to make in the fall. They are super moist and the cream cheese is baked right in. The only thing bad about them is that you can’t eat just one!
Midwest Life and Style | The Best Light And Fluffy Baked Pumpkin Donuts
Sprinkled with just a hint of cinnamon and sugar, these baked pumpkin donuts are light, fluffy, and bursting with flavor!
Willow Bloom Home | Delicious Carrot And Roasted Red Pepper Soup
This carrot and roasted red pepper soup is a delicious way to enjoy the bounty of fall. It is full of carrots, roasted red peppers, and garden-fresh tomatoes and is pureed to creamy smoothness. It’s a vegan recipe that is perfect for lunch with a friend or as the first course to an autumn dinner.
Jennifer Maune | The Best Butternut Squash Soup Recipe
Butternut Squash Soup is the perfect fall soup recipe for a cozy evening. It’s the perfect combination of savory and sweet, and has a delightfully creamy texture.
Hip and Humble Style | Simple and Delicious Apple Fries
Easy apple fries with caramel sauce that will have you at caramel! Now more than ever we are all looking for comfort food and this recipe couldn’t be more comforting. An especially fun recipe with an air fryer!
Recipe for The Best Light And Fluffy Baked Pumpkin Donuts
The Best Light and Fluffy Baked Pumpkin Donuts
Ingredients
For the Donuts
- 1 large egg
- 2 tablespoons milk
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¾ cup pumpkin puree
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- pinch nutmeg
For the Cinnamon-Sugar Topping
- ¼ cup unsalted butter, melted
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 2-3 tablespoons ground cinnamon
Instructions
For the Donuts
- Preheat your oven to 350℉. In a large mixing bowl, beat the egg for 1-2 minutes until light and fluffy.
- Add the milk, oil, butter, and vanilla. Mix together until well combined. Then add the pumpkin puree and continue to mix until well combined.
- Add the brown sugar and granulated sugar, and cream together with the wet ingredients.
- In a separate mixing bowl, stir together the remainder of the dry ingredients. Pour them into the wet mixture and stir until just combined.
- Use baking spray to grease your donut pan. Pour the batter into a plastic storage bag. Snip off the corner of the bag with scissors and carefully pipe the batter into each donut cup, filling each with about 1/4 cup of batter.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the donuts.
- Cool the donuts in the pan for 5 minutes. Then turn out onto a wire cooling rack.
For the Cinnamon-Sugar Topping
- Once cooled, brush the donuts with melted butter and dip them in a mixture of cinnamon and sugar. Serve immediatly.
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Esmé Slabbert says
Oh Jen, so many awesome and outstanding fall recipes doing the circuit at the moment, but this one is scrumdiddlyumptious.
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midwestlifeandstyle says
Thank you, Esme! There’s nothing better this time of year than warm, pumpkin donuts!
Cindy@CountyRoad407 says
I can hardly wait to make these! And don’t think I’m going to share. 😉 Yum! Pinned
midwestlifeandstyle says
Ha! I will confess that I may or may not have eaten multiple the last time I made them. Hope you enjoy, Cindy!
kelly says
Jen these look SO good! If I lived near you I would stop by all the time just to see what you are baking and learn from you! I love every recipe you share and I can’t wait to try these!
midwestlifeandstyle says
Thank you, Kelly. I wish we lived closer. How fun would that be? Hope to see you again soon!
Meeghan says
Oh Jen! These look delicious! I cannot wait to make your recipe. They are the perfect breakfast treat for the Fall! Pinned!
midwestlifeandstyle says
Thanks so much, Meeghan. I hope you enjoy them as much as we do!
Pasha says
And now I need a donut pan!! These look incredible Jen!! I cannot wait to make them!!!
midwestlifeandstyle says
thanks so much, Pasha, and thank you for hosting such a fun hop.
Shawna says
These look delicious. They caught my son’s eye as he was walking by so now I definitely have to make them. Can you recommend a donut pan?
midwestlifeandstyle says
Thank you, Shawna. I hope you enjoy them! I think my pan is just something generic. I’ve had it for a few years, but can’t remember where it came from. As long as it is non-stick and you coat it well with baking spray you should be good to go!
Paula@SweetPea says
Your pumpkin donuts look delicious!
midwestlifeandstyle says
thank you, Paula!
Anne says
Wow, Jen! These look and sound so delicious! Pinned to make for my kids later!
midwestlifeandstyle says
Thanks so much, Anne. I hope you all enjoy them as much as my family does!
Aliya says
Jen!!! These donuts look amazing!!! I’ve been wanting to bake some donuts, but I keep thinking they must be so hard to make… but now I feel like I can do it!!! Lord knows I have enough pumpkins haha!!!!
midwestlifeandstyle says
Girl…seriously. These are SO easy! They would be fun to make with your girls some weekend morning.