pinterest food find. Pumpkin Cinnamon Sugar Donuts

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photo and food credit: Baker by Nature

Ingredients

• Traditional version:
• 1 cup + 1/4 cups all-purpose flour 
  
  
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 cup *pumpkin pie puree
• 2 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• 1/2 cup milk (I used whole, but any type will do)
• For the Cinnamon sugar coating:
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons cinnamon
• Vegan version:
• 1 cup + 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 cup *pumpkin pie puree--
• Notes
  Pumpkin pie puree can be found in most stores. If you can only find pumpkin puree, be sure to add 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger, 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg, and a pinch of cloves to the dry ingredients.
• 2 1/2 tablespoons coconut oil, melted
• 1/2 cup almond milk
• For the Cinnamon sugar coating:
• 3 tablespoons coconut oil, melted
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons cinnamon

Instructions

1. Traditional version:
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees (F).
3. Generously grease a doughnut pan; set aside.
4. In a large bowl whisk together the dry ingredients. In a separate bowl whisk together the pumpkin puree, melted butter, and milk. Gently fold the wet mixture into the dry mixture - don't over mix!
5. Spoon mixture into prepared doughnut pan, and bake for 10-11 minutes, or until the doughnuts spring back when lightly pressed. Allow doughnuts to cool a few minutes in the pan before transferring to a wire wrack to cool for a few more minutes.
6. In the meantime, melt the butter for the cinnamon sugar coating; set aside. Mix the sugar and cinnamon together in a medium-sized bowl; set aside.
7. Once the donuts are cool enough to handle, dip them in the melted butter, then roll them in the cinnamon sugar mixture; repeat until all donuts have been covered.
8. These donuts are best eaten the day they are made.
9. Vegan version:
10. Preheat oven to 350 degrees (F).
11. Generously grease a doughnut pan; set aside.
12. In a large bowl whisk together the dry ingredients. In a separate bowl whisk together the pumpkin puree, coconut oil, and almond milk.
13. Gently fold the wet mixture into the dry mixture - don't over mix!
14. Spoon mixture into prepared doughnut pan, and bake for 10-11 minutes, or until the doughnuts spring back when lightly pressed. Allow doughnuts to cool a few minutes in the pan before transferring to a wire wrack to cool for a few more minutes.
15. In the meantime, melt the coconut oil for the cinnamon sugar coating; set aside. Mix the sugar and cinnamon together in a medium-sized bowl; set aside.
16. Once the donuts are cool enough to handle, dip them in the melted butter, then roll them in the cinnamon sugar mixture; repeat until all donuts have been covered.
17. These are best eaten the day they are made. OR you can freeze them!