Pumpkin Spice Donuts #PumpkinWeek

Fall is my favorite foodie season. With warm spices, apples, and pumpkin, I love baking with all these fall flavors. However, since I’ve had a baby I haven’t had nearly as much time to do my baking. Thanks to #PumpkinWeek I got back into the kitchen and started baking.

So I’ve been looking at recipes that don’t require a whole lot of work. Some people call these recipes semi-homemade. That might mean using a boxed mix or it might mean using a packaged marinade. It’s anything that can help make a recipe easier.

The donuts are really tasty. They are delicate and a little bit crumbly but they have a ton of flavor. I like the warm spices with the pumpkin. It’s really a great fall pairing.

For a topping I did a pumpkin sugar and spice on half the donuts and a caramel maple glaze on the other. I’m not sure which was better. The pumpkin sugar and spice reminds me of a classic cinnamon sugar donut but the sugary glaze with maple and caramel is delicious too.

So if you think you don’t have time to make breakfast this fall give these semi-homemade Pumpkin Spice Donuts a shot!

Pumpkin Spice Donuts

Prep time

15 mins

Cook time

12 mins

Total time

27 mins

It only takes 4 ingredients to make these delicious spiced pumpkin donuts topped with a spiced sugar mixture or a caramel maple glaze.

Author: Heather Lynne

Recipe type: breakfast

Serves: 16 donuts

Ingredients

For the donuts:

1 boxed spice cake mix
1 egg
¼ c. vegetable oil
1 c. pumpkin puree

For the sugar spice mixture:

1 T. butter, melted
1 T. sugar
1 t. pumpkin spice

For the caramel maple glaze:

1 c. powdered sugar
2 T. caramel sauce
2 T. maple syrup
½ t. salt

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray a donut pan with cooking spray and set aside.
In a large bowl combine the spice cake mix, egg, vegetable oil, and pumpkin. Mix well.
Place the mixture in a zip top baggie and snip off the top. Pipe the mixture into the donut pan.
Bake for 10-12 minutes or until donuts are cooked through. Remove from pan and cool on a wire rack. Repeat with remaining batter.
Before serving melt the butter in a microwave safe bowl. Combine the sugar and pumpkin spice in a second bowl.
Dip half of the donuts into the butter and then into the sugar mixture. Set on the wire rack so that any excess drips off.
In a medium bowl combine all ingredients for the glaze. Beat until smooth. Dip the remaining donuts into the caramel maple glaze and set on the wire rack so that the excess drips off.
Enjoy!

Notes

Recipe adapted from Show Me The Yummy