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Gluten-Free Baked Pumpkin Donuts

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup or 4 Tbsp Melted Butter or Apple Sauce {Vegan} (use apple sauce for a little more dense texture but lighter calories)
  • 1/4 cup Oil vegetable, canola, or melted coconut oil
  • 3 Eggs {or egg substitute}
  • 1/2 cup Brown Sugar
  • 1/2 cup White Sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups Pumpkin Puree canned pumpkin
  • 1-2 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 1 tsp Cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp Nutmeg
  • 1/4 tsp Ginger
  • 1/8 tsp Cloves
  • 1 1/2 tsp Sea Salt finely ground
  • 1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1 3/4 cups Gluten Free Flour we have used different brands, such as Bob's Red Mill 1to1, Namaste, or King Arthur gluten free all purpose
  • Additional 2 tsp Cinnamon and 1/2 cup sugar for CinnamonSugar topping

Glaze:

  • 2 cups Powdered Sugar
  • 1 tsp Vanilla
  • 1 tsp Maple Syrup
  • 1/2 tsp Sea Salt finely ground
  • Almond Milk as needed

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 and grease your donut pan! (the link to the pan I used is underneath my donut pan photo below)
  • In stand mixer (or using an electric hand mixer and medium bowl), blend the butter, oil, eggs, and sugars until smooth.
  • Add the pumpkin puree, vanilla, spices and salt. Blend well.
  • In separate bowl, whisk together the baking powder and gluten free flour.
  • Gradually add the flour mixture into your wet ingredients, blending well.
  • Spoon this thick batter into a piping bag with a large 1" tip or a ziplock bag and cut one of the bottom corners off the bag (creating an opening that's about 1" wide).
  • Squeezing the batter out of your piping bag or ziplock bag, fill your donut tray so that each donut tin is about 3/4 full.
  • Bake for 15 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean!

Glaze:

  • While donuts are baking, whisk together all the glaze ingredients in small bowl, adding almond milk 1 Tablespoon at a time until mixture resembles thick glue. *

Topping your donuts:

  • While donuts are still slightly warm, dip your donuts first into the maple glaze, and then sprinkle with Cinnamon Sugar mixture.
  • *If you'd like to get really fancy, try add a dash of cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice to your glaze! Or add 2 Tablespoons of softened Cream Cheese and 1 Tablespoon of Melted Butter to your glaze!