WHAT YOU NEED
(dry stuff)
1 1/4 cup all purpose flour
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice*
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
(wet stuff)
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk
1/3 cup pumpkin pureé
2 tablespoons coconut oil - melted
1 teaspoon vanilla
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(awesome sugary coating)
1/4 cup coconut oil - melted
1 cup organic sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon
OR
(delicious icing)
1/4 cup coconut oil - melted
~1/2 cup powered / confectioner’s sugar
a'lil bit of cinnamon
Donut pan (optional really nice to have)
*DIY: 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1/2 to 1/4 tsp ginger, 1/8 tsp cloves, 1/8 tsp nutmeg
YUM!
DO IT
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
In a mixing bowl combine the dry stuff: 1 1/4 cup all purpose flour, 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice*, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt. Whisk together so all dry ingredients are evenly mixed.
In a separate bowl whisk together the wet stuff: 1/2 cup packed brown sugar, 1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk, 1/3 cup pumpkin purée, 2 tablespoons coconut oil - melted, 1 teaspoon vanilla. Whisk together so all wet ingredients are evenly mixed.
Incrementally mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients ~ 1/4 cup at a time. The batter should be smooth and thick, your arm might get tired - keep it up…all calories burned mixing this make eating donuts possible. Batter shouldn’t be thin or pourable.
Using coconut oil lightly grease the donut pan. Spoon your batter into the pan, evenly filling 6 donuts.
Bake for 10-15 minutes, check readiness poking a toothpick into a donut - it should come out clean. Cool on a wire rack.
While they cool, you have to make your topping. Sure these are delicious on their own, but you've come this far why stop now?
For cinnamon sugar coated donuts: pour 1/4 cup melted coconut oil into a blate ( /blāt/ n. bowl/plate, a shallow bowl or deep plate) . In another blate mix up the 1/2c sugar and 1tbl cinnamon. Once the donuts are cooled, dip each one into the oil then into the cinnamon sugar mixture. You can shake off the excess…if you want - you can coat one side or all over, totally up to you. Once a donut it coated, put it back on the rack. Time to gloat: snap, gram, or post pics of your awesomeness then enjoy!
For iced donuts: pour about half of your 1/4 cup melted coconut oil into a blate ( /blāt/ n. bowl/plate, a shallow bowl or deep plate). Whisk in small increments of powered / confectioner’s sugar. Add remaining oil and continue to add in sugar until desired consistency is achieved. Along the way, sprinkle in cinnamon for flavor. Dip donut into icing or spread/pipe icing on to donuts. If you’re a lazy keener like me, you can put the icing into the corner of a ziplock baggie, cut the tip off, then squeeze out like a champ. Time to gloat: snap, gram, or post pics of your awesomeness then enjoy!
Eat 'em all or freeze 'em.
FYI: If you don't have a donut pan, you can use a muffin tin..don’t fill them all the way. Or using the above mentioned ziplock baggie method you can pipe the batter into desired shapes onto a parchment-lined baking sheet. Might come out a bit funny but will take just as great.