Pumpkin Cinnamon-Sugar Baked Donut Holes

Pumpkin flavored donut bites with a cinnamon sugar topping. Fall at it’s finest!

Pumpkin Cinnamon-Sugar Baked Donut Holes

So it’s been exactly 2 months since my first day of classes! Can you believe that? I can’t. I feel like I just stopped going to the wrong classrooms. I guess that doesn’t speak to how long I’ve been here but how directionally incompetent I am. I’ve been homesick for my family pretty much from the first day I got here, but this past week I’ve gotten homesick for my actual house. It really is the little things that I miss like having a shower that you can turn around in and a couch to lay down on and not having my whole life in one room! Anyways, I feel like I haven’t completely abandoned my blog in these two months. And I’ve actually gotten to bake a fair amount thanks to my amazing Faculty in Residence!

Pumpkin Cinnamon-Sugar Baked Donut Holes

It’s parent weekend at my school, so I made these with my roommate for a welcoming event my dorm was having. I would say they were a success! Our Faculty in Residence took the pictures again except this one which I snapped in my dorm room!

Pumpkin Cinnamon-Sugar Baked Donut Holes

Pumpkin- the staple of fall and I finally got around to making something with it! I’m not going to lie… pumpkin is just alright in my book. I personally like fall spices and apple flavors rather than pumpkin. So I make stuff more like those Chai Scones and those Applesauce Muffins before I reach for the can of pumpkin. That being said these donut holes are pretty darn good. I think I like these because they are mini so you get a little pumpkin but aren’t obligated to finish a whole slice of pie. And as my Faculty in Residence says “Is there anything that can’t be improved with cinnamon and sugar?”

This recipe was originally classified as muffins, but I completely disagree with this label. After eating a few more this morning, I realized that they are more the consistency of a baked donut hole. They are a little too dense to be called muffins in my opinion, but they are excellent donut holes! If you want them to be more donut hole-ish, you can remove the muffin liners and roll the whole thing in cinnamon-sugar.   

Pumpkin Cinnamon-Sugar Baked Donut Holes^^Like the glove tan line?

Pumpkin Cinnamon-Sugar Baked Donut Holes

Enjoy your pumpkin eatin’!

…and voilà!  

Pumpkin Cinnamon-Sugar Baked Donut Holes
 
Ingredients
  • 1¾ cup all-purpose flour
  • 1½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ⅛ teaspoon ground ginger
  • ½ teaspoon + ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • Pinch of ground cloves
  • ¼ cup salted butter, melted
  • ½ cup light brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1½ teaspoon vanilla
  • ¾ cup pumpkin puree**(See note)
  • ½ cup milk
Topping:
  • ¼ cup salted butter, melted
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 2 Tablespoons ground cinnamon
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350°F and line a mini muffin tin with liners or spray with nonstick spray.
  2. In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, and spices. Set aside.
  3. In another bowl, mix the melted butter and brown sugar together with a spatula.
  4. Add in the egg.
  5. Add in vanilla, pumpkin puree, and milk.
  6. Add the dry ingredients to the wet and stir until just combined.
  7. Fill the muffin tins until about ⅔ the way full.
  8. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
  9. Let them cool for a few minutes.
  10. Combine the cinnamon and sugar in a small bowl.
  11. Dip the donut holes in butter and then in the cinnamon-sugar.
  12. Voilà!
Notes
** Make sure that you don't but pumpkin pie filling. The difference is that pumpkin pie filling already has spices and eggs in it. To make sure you got the right thing, look at the ingredients on the can and it should just say pumpkin.

Adapted from Sally’s Baking Addiction

 

Can’t get enough of fall? Me neither!

Try my Chai Scones or my Applesauce Muffins!

Chai Scones

Chai Scones

Applesauce Muffins

Applesauce Muffins

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