Vegan Pumpkin Donuts with Cinnamon Sugar. Soft, Spiced, Amazing. Vegan Doughnuts. Pumpkin Cinnamon sugar Donuts. Nut-free option. Gluten-free option
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One more before I head off to a small break. These easy Pumpkin donuts are quick to put together and bake up beautifully. Make the batter, get the family involved in squeezing it out into the doughnut pan. Bake, add toppings of choice. I use a simple cinnamon sugar topping. a pumpkin pie spiced glaze or Cream cheese glaze would work wonderfully as well. These Baked doughnuts taste like fried! Try them.
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Vegan Pumpkin Donuts
Ingredients
Wet:
- 1/2 cup (122 ml) non dairy milk such as almond or soy
- 1/3 cup (2.88 oz) pumpkin puree
- 4 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp active yeast
- 2 tbsp safflower or refined coconut oil
- 1 tsp vanilla extract (1/2 to 1 tsp to flavor preference)
- 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- a generous pinch of nutmeg
Dry:
- 3/4 cup (93.75 g) unbleached all purpose flour + 1 to 2 tbsp more as needed
- 2 tbsp almond flour or use 1 tbsp more flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp (0.25 tsp) salt
Cinnamon Sugar:
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 4 tbsp cane sugar or granulated sugar
Instructions
- Grease the donut pan. Warm the non dairy milk until hot. Mix with the rest of the ingredients except yeast and mix well until sugar is combined. Add the yeast and mix in.
- In a bowl, mix 3/4 cup flour and rest of the dry ingredients. Add the flour mix to the wet and mix in. Add a tbsp or so more flour if needed (if the mix is runny). Let the mixture sit for 10-15 minutes.
- Spoon into greased donut pan. You can also fill up a ziplock, cut one end and squeeze the batter into the pan. Let the pan sit for another 10 minutes for the batter to rise, Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Bake for 11 to 12 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes then remove from pan.
- Add cinnamon and sugar to a small ziplock bag and mix. Take the warm donuts, add to the ziplock, shake. Remove from the ziplock and serve. You can also use a bowl to make the cinnamon sugar topping, and dip the donuts in the bowl to coat. The warm donuts are moist enough so the topping should stick. If you'd like more topping, brush oil on the donuts before dipping.
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Bethany
I made a double batch as donut holes. This was my first experience making donuts. I was pretty happy! Followed the recipe as described but used maple sugar in the recipe. I was hoping for more maple-y flavor but I really can’t taste it.
Vegan Richa Support
Maple sugar is a great idea!
Sheetal
I substituted the oil with apple sauce and they turned out delicious.
Richa
Yay
Diane
These are an OMG recipe. First time I have made baked donuts with dry yeast. They are light and fluffy and tender. I will make these often during pumpkin season and beyond. LOL
Vegan Richa Support
Hooray!
Karen
Can you substitute and oil and yeast in this recipe when also doing gf?
Richa
Nope. Glutenfree already will dry out a bit and need the extra moisture. You can do away witb yeast, but keep the oil and definitely add an icing
Ripley
Amazing!! I omitted the oil and they were delicious! Everybody in the house loved them. The texture was perfect, surprinsingly light and moist. And so easy… I’ll make them again for sure. Thanks for another incredible recipe!