Baked Pumpkin Spice Donuts with Chocolate Cinnamon Icing
Whether it be for Halloween, Thanksgiving or just making donuts with a unique twist, this ridiculously tasty take on the traditional donut is sure to bring you to your knees!
- Preparation Time: 20 minutes
- Cooking Time: 25 minutes
- Total Time: 45 minutes
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
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1 ¼ cupsall-purpose flour
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2 tspbaking powder
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1 tspground cinnamon
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½ tspground nutmeg
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½ tspfinely ground sea salt
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⅛ tspground ginger
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⅛ tspground cloves
Wet Ingredients
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¼ cupsapplesauce
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⅓ cupslight brown sugar
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1 tbspmaple syrup
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1 tspvanilla extract
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½ cupspumpkin puree
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¼ cupsalmond milk or preferred plant milk
Icing Ingredients
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1 cup(s)powdered sugar
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3 tbspcocoa powder
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3 tbspalmond milk or preferred plant milk
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1 tspcinnamon
Instructions
Prep
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Preheat the oven to 350°F.
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If your donut pan is not non-stick then use this time to grease it.
Donut Batter
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Take all the dry ingredients and mix them together in a mixing bowl.
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Pour the applesauce into a small bowl and add 1 tsp of the baking powder to it. Whisk this mixture until it bubbles and becomes frothy.
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Add the brown sugar and mix it well.
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Add the pumpkin puree, vanilla, milk, and the maple syrup and mix them well.
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Combine the dry and wet mixtures and stir until it's firm but not difficult to stir. Add more plant milk if the dough is too stiff.
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Pour the final mixture into a donut pan and let it bake for 20 to 25 minutes. Alternatively you can stick a toothpick in it and check if it's done when the toothpick comes out clean.Bake for approximately 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes and then remove from the pan and place on the rack until completely cool
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Let the donuts cool on a wire rack for about 10 minutes then remove the doughnuts from the pan and let those cool off completely on the wire rack.
Icing
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Pour the powdered sugar, cocoa powder, cinnamon powder and plant milk into a medium-sized bowl and stir them together until it is smooth and creamy. The texture should be somewhere between frosting and glaze. Add more milk if needed.
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Done! Add the icing once the doughnuts have completely cooled off and enjoy!
