Baked Pumpkin Donut Recipe with Cream Cheese Glaze
Baked Pumpkin Pecan Donuts with Cream Cheese Glaze are soft, tender, and delicious. This pumpkin spice donut takes 10 minutes to bake and 2 seconds to devour.
Servings 12
Ingredients
Doughnuts
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 3/4 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- 1/4 cup chopped pecans plus additional for optional garnish
- 2 eggs beaten
- 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
- 1/2 cup applesauce
Pumpkin Donut Glaze
- 2 oz cream cheese
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 tbs milk or cream
Garnish with additional pecans if desired.
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray a Donut Pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, brown sugar, salt, baking soda, and pumpkin pie spice.
- In a medium-sized bowl, combine eggs, pumpkin, and applesauce.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the center of the dry ingredients. Stir until combined.
- Fold the pecans into the batter.
- Fill a pastry bag or a plastic bag with batter. Snip off a corner of the bag and fill the donut pan cavities. Using the back of a spoon, smooth the batter.
- Bake 8-10 minutes, turning the pan at the 5-minute mark. Donuts are done when a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Remove the donuts immediately from the pan to a cooling rack.
- Combine cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and enough milk to make a thin glaze. Drizzle each donut and sprinkle with additional pecans.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 212kcal | Carbohydrates: 38g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 39mg | Sodium: 160mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 25g
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