Pumpkin Spice Donuts

Move over Krispy Kreme: you're going to fall in love with these pumpkin spice donuts!

This mouth-watering treat has become a seasonal favorite in my household. These baked cake donuts can be topped with a pumpkin spice–sugar mixture and/or a maple glaze. Ridiculously easy to make. Insanely tasty. Incredibly soft and pillowy. What more could you ask for?

Donut Batter

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin spice mix
• 1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup pumpkin puree
• 2 large eggs
• 1/4 cup whole milk
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled

Maple Glaze (covers one dozen)

• 1 1/2 cups confectioner’s sugar
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled
• 2 tablespoons 100% pure maple syrup
• 2-3 tablespoons water
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Sugar – Pumpkin Spice Coating (covers one dozen)

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin spice mix
• In a separate bowl: 1/4 stick unsalted butter

Making the Donuts

• Preheat oven to 325°. Coat a donut pan with cooking spray oil.
• In a large mixing bowl, mix the flour, brown sugar, baking powder, pumpkin spice mix, Kosher salt, and baking soda until combined.
• Add the pumpkin puree, 2 eggs, whole milk, and melted and cooled unsalted butter. Stir until combined; do not over mix! Spoon into donut pan.
• Bake 8-11 minutes in preheated oven. When donuts are ready, they should spring back when touched.

Maple Glaze Topping (covers one dozen)

• In a medium bowl, mix confectioner’s sugar, unsalted butter (melted and cooled), maple syrup, water, and vanilla extract until combined.
• Dip the top of the donut into the glaze, let it drip off the excess, and place on cooling racks to set.

Sugar Pumpkin Spice Coating (covers one dozen)

• In a small-medium mixing bowl, mix sugar and pumpkin spice mix until combined. 
• Melt butter in the microwave at 20 second intervals until melted.
• Once donuts have cooled use a pastry brush, brush donuts with butter and toss in the sugar pumpkin spice mixture until coated.