Sunday, September 9, 2012

Baked Pumpkin Donuts


What you need,

½ cup vegetable oil
3 large eggs
1 ½ cups granulated sugar
1 ½ cups pumpkin puree
1 ½ tsp. pumpkin pie spice
1 ½ tsp. salt
1 ½ tsp. baking powder
1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour

4 tbsp. granulated sugar
1 heaping tbsp. cinnamon

Start by preheating your oven to 350 degrees.  Grease 2 donut pans and set aside.

In a large bowl whisk together the oil, eggs, sugar, pumpkin, salt, baking powder and pumpkin pie spice.

Add in the flour, stirring until smooth.

Pour the batter into a large zip lock back. Snip off one of the corners and pipe into the prepared donut pans, fill about ¾ full.

Bake the donuts for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Let the donuts cool in the pans for 5 minutes then carefully remove them to a wire rack.

While you let the donuts cool for 5 more minutes, mix the sugar and cinnamon together into a large zip top bag. Carefully toss the donuts one at a time into the cinnamon sugar to coat.
Place the sugared donuts back onto the rack to cool completely.

Store in an airtight container for up to a week.

I don’t buy pumpkin pie spice I just make my own. Here’s how you do it.

Combine the following,
3 tbsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. ground ginger
2 tsp. nutmeg
1 ½ tsp. all spice
1 ½ tsp. ground cloves

It makes about 5 tbsp.  Keep the extra in a small airtight container. 

Jen of My Tiny Oven