Maple Glazed Pumpkin Doughnuts
These moist and fluffy Maple Glazed Pumpkin Doughnuts are baked, not fried and are really easy to make.
Happy 2018 friends. I am slowly getting back into the routine here on the blog. Bear with me. I am still on cookie and Christmas dinner overload. I only wish the season would slow down a little. It is such a magical time of the year. Today is all about pumpkin here on the blog. I know, I know, you’re probably saying that pumpkin is a fall ingredient, but not in this house. Wrong! I stock pumpkin in my pantry all-year long. Gabrielle and AJ both love pumpkin desserts so I like to have a can or two on-hand when needed.
It’s no secret that I love all things pumpkin. You probably get sick of hearing about that during the fall months. But did you also know that I secretly love doughnuts? I pretty much adore them in any form. Doughnuts were always the special treat my parents would buy on Sunday mornings after church. I guess that is when my love affair with them started.
These Maple Glazed Pumpkin Doughnuts are a delicious flavor pairing of pumpkin and maple. These are a baked version and if you ask me, I would much rather bake them than break out a gallon of oil to deep fry. That’s where a handy doughnut pan comes in handy. It’s a simple batter
and the recipe takes only about 20 minutes to bake.
I filled a pastry bag with the pumpkin batter to make filling the doughnut pan easier.
After the doughnuts are done baking and cooling. Dip them in a simple maple glaze made with powdered sugar and maple syrup. If you can wait long enough, allow the glaze to dry on a baking rack.
The fam started to grab these babies as soon as I finished glazing them. If you let the glaze dry, it’s a little less messy. But, these Maple Glazed Doughnuts are pretty irresistible. So you are allowed to enjoy them any way you like.
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These moist and fluffy Maple Glazed Pumpkin Doughnuts are baked, not fried and are really easy to make.
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup oil
- 1 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons pumpkin pie spiceMaple Glaze
- 1/4 cup butter melted
- 1/4 cup melted syrup
- 1 teaspoon maple extract
- 1 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 2-3 tablespoons half and half
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray doughnut pans with non-stick cooking spray.
- To make doughnut batter, sift dry ingredients and set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, beat eggs and oil until well blended. Add sugar and pumpkin puree and mix well. Mix in vanilla.
- Stir in sifted dry ingredients just until blended. Don't overbeat.
- Add batter to a piping bag and fill the doughnut pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Remove and cool completely.To make the glaze:
- Sift powdered sugar. Add melted butter, syrup and maple extract to the sugar. Gradually add half and half 1 tablespoon at a time. Mix until desired consistency is reached.
- Dip the top of each doughnut into the glaze. Allow to dry completely.
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