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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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- Sweet Potato Shakshuka 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.
Excellent outcome. I followed exactly and they were delicious. I will make them again
I made these tonight they were really good! I used oatmilk for the plant based milk. These were so light and moist. I was surprised by how quickly they baked they were done right at 12 minutes.
excellent
Hi what other flavors can I use? My son has a pumpkin allergy but loves donuts:).
https://fettabbau-trim.today/baked-apple-cider-donuts/%3C/a%3E%E2%80%9C%3EVegan Baked Apple Cider Donuts give those a try instead. and i also have many others on the blog =)
I just made these and followed the recipe exactly as written except I reduced the sugar to 3T instead of 4T. I also subbed 2T plain soy yogurt instead of oil and it worked perfectly. They were perfectly moist, fluffy and light. I baked mine 11 minutes in silicone molds and they came out just perfect. Thank you Richa for another awesome recipe.
thanks for popping in & for the info
Omg!! Delicious! My kids are not going to eat regular donuts any more.
Thank you!
Yay
These were really really really good. Yummy 😋
I used a mini donut tin and got about 10-12 mini donuts. We finished them in about 15 minutes.
Gonna make another batch tonight!
Thanks for coming up with such amazing recipes.
These look wonderful. I was just wondering if you could omit the oil or substitute it with applesauce? Thank you!
Omit it, don’t use applesauce, there’s enough moisture
These were so delicious. I used a regular cupcake pan and made 12. They baked about 13 minutes. My grandsons loved them as well. Next time I’d make half the amount of cinnamon sugar topping, since a lot was left in the bowl.
Yay
Really good! I baked mine a little longer bc my oven always requires I do so. Tasted amazing! Thank you kindly.
Awesome !!! Thank you
Hi!
When you say rice flour to substitute for GF, Is it white rice flour or brown?
White