Pumpkin Spice Donuts
Pumpkin Spice Donuts are light, fluffy, and warmly spiced — a cozy fall treat coated in sweet pumpkin sugar and ready in just 30 minutes.
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour spooned and leveled
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- ⅓ cup packed brown sugar
- ½ cup pumpkin puree
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
- 1 large egg
- ¼ cup milk
- 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- For the Sugar Coating:
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1 –2 tablespoons unsalted butter melted (for brushing)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C) and spray donut molds with nonstick spray.
- Mix flour, baking powder, salt, pumpkin pie spice, and brown sugar.
- Whisk pumpkin puree, melted butter, egg, milk, and vanilla.
- Combine wet and dry mixtures, stirring gently until just mixed.
- Fill molds halfway with batter.
- Bake 9–12 minutes, cool 5 minutes, then transfer to a rack.
- Mix sugar with pumpkin pie spice, brush donuts with butter, and coat in the sugar mix.