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Vegan Pumpkin Donuts with Cinnamon Sugar. Soft, Spiced, Amazing. Vegan Doughnuts. Pumpkin Cinnamon sugar Donuts. Nut-free option. Gluten-free option
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One more before I head off to a small break. These easy Pumpkin donuts are quick to put together and bake up beautifully. Make the batter, get the family involved in squeezing it out into the doughnut pan. Bake, add toppings of choice. I use a simple cinnamon sugar topping. a pumpkin pie spiced glaze or Cream cheese glaze would work wonderfully as well. These Baked doughnuts taste like fried! Try them.
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More fall breakfast options
- 1 Bowl Pumpkin Bread SF
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- Broccolini White Bean Frittata. SF GF
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Vegan Pumpkin Donuts
Ingredients
Wet:
- 1/2 cup non dairy milk, such as almond or soy
- 1/3 cup pumpkin puree
- 4 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp active yeast
- 2 tbsp safflower or refined coconut oil
- 1 tsp vanilla extract, (1/2 to 1 tsp to flavor preference)
- 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- a generous pinch of nutmeg
Dry:
- 3/4 cup unbleached all purpose flour, + 1 to 2 tbsp more as needed
- 2 tbsp almond flour , or use 1 tbsp more flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
Cinnamon Sugar:
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 4 tbsp cane sugar , or granulated sugar
Instructions
- Grease the donut pan. Warm the non dairy milk until hot. Mix with the rest of the ingredients except yeast and mix well until sugar is combined. Add the yeast and mix in.
- In a bowl, mix 3/4 cup flour and rest of the dry ingredients. Add the flour mix to the wet and mix in. Add a tbsp or so more flour if needed (if the mix is runny). Let the mixture sit for 10-15 minutes.
- Spoon into greased donut pan. You can also fill up a ziplock, cut one end and squeeze the batter into the pan. Let the pan sit for another 10 minutes for the batter to rise, Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Bake for 11 to 12 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes then remove from pan.
- Add cinnamon and sugar to a small ziplock bag and mix. Take the warm donuts, add to the ziplock, shake. Remove from the ziplock and serve. You can also use a bowl to make the cinnamon sugar topping, and dip the donuts in the bowl to coat. The warm donuts are moist enough so the topping should stick. If you'd like more topping, brush oil on the donuts before dipping.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
The texture of the doughnut was good but it had zero flavor outside of the sugar and cinnamon coating on the outside.
That’s odd. Add more sugar and more spices to preference. maybe your spices are old, or you prefer sweet or donuts.
I normally don’t leave reviews….but I absolutely had to for these. These are the best donuts I have ever had. I typically prefer fried but these are so dang good and healthier! I followed your instructions exactly and my bf agreed these are 10/10 and I have made them twice in a week. Whoops!
Yay!!!
I can’t wait to try these, one question… can I leave out the oil?
yes!!
Hi!
I absolutely love these donuts 🙂
I just had a question about how to store these donuts so they taste as fresh for the longest time because I feel like with these you need to eat them as soon as they are baked!
Let me know 🙂 thank you!!
Covered on the counter for the day. You would have to refrigerate for longer and then they aren’t as soft . Warm in microwave for soften
Hi Richa, made these donuts today and they are so delicious! Plump, moist, tender- perfect! Thanks for sharing this recipe. If I want to serve these tmw, can I leave them out (covered in a container) and dust them with the sugar tmw? Or do they need to be in the fridge? I’m in Toronto so it’s pretty cold and dry here at the moment…so I was planning to leave them out. Thanks!
Oops sorry just saw that someone else asked my question. Nvmd!
These are easy to make and delicious! Do they need to be refrigerated if they are not eaten the same day?
Thanks! Yes refrigerate if not consuming on the same day. Any fruit puree has a lot of moisture and will start to go bad after a certain number of hours
Made these today and they were delicious! I used a mini donut pan and baked for 11 minutes! The dough made 24 mini donuts exactly!
awesome!
Hi Richa, can these donuts be made with spelt flour instead of all purpose flour?
yes, start with a few tbsp less flour as spelt will absorb more moisture
Would Bob’s Red Mill GF flour work?
it usually dries up a lot You can use half of that and half almond flour
Loved this recipe! Light,fluffy and delicious-simple ingredients and fast to make . Since there are only 2 of us the quantity was perfect.Thanks for another great recipe!
thankS!!