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Donut muffins on a cloth with a bite taken out of one.

Pumpkin Donut Muffins

Andrea
Pumpkin Donut Muffins an easy baked recipe coated in cinnamon sugar made with pumpkin spice and puree. The perfect old fashioned style donut muffin that resembles a giant donut hole.
5 from 3 votes
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
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Total Time 25 minutes
Servings 12 muffins
Calories/serving 150 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
 

  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • ½ cup milk
  • ½ cup pumpkin puree
  • 1 cup flour
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ⅛ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

Cinnamon Sugar Topping

  • 5 tablespoons butter
  • ⅓ cup sugar
  • 2 teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350
  • Start by mixing the wet ingredients, vanilla, egg, milk, pumpkin puree in a stand mixer. Mix until well incorporated. Next, mix together the dry ingredients, flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, pumpkin pie spice, with the wet ingredients. Mix together until well incorporated.
    Added dry ingredients to the mixing bowl to make a pumpkin batter.
  • Pour about ⅛ cup of batter into a well greased muffin tin. Do not use cupcake liners for this recipe. Cook for  15 minutes, or until set.
    Batter in a greased muffin tin.
  • Let the muffins cool for 5 minutes, or until you can easily take them out of the greased muffin tin.
    Baked pumpkin donut muffins in a muffin tin.
  • In a small bowl melt the butter. In another small bowl mix together cinnamon and sugar. Dip each muffin top in the butter and then in the cinnamon sugar mixture until the top is covered.
    Dipping the butter dipped muffin into the cinnamon sugar coating.
  • Roll the the donut muffin in the cinnamon sugar so the entire muffin is covered in cinnamon sugar.
    A pumpkin donut muffin dipped in cinnamon. sugar.

Notes

  1. DO NOT use cupcake liners for this recipe. 
  2. These donut muffins will be a little thicker than what you are used to when you think of a light and fluffy muffin. This is on purpose! These muffins are meant to resemble the same texture of an old fashioned donut. They are just as delicious too!
  3. When rolling the pumpkin muffin the cinnamon sugar mixture, I find it easier to start with the top of the muffin and then rolling the sides. This helps create less of a mess!

Nutrition

Serving: 1muffinCalories: 150kcalCarbohydrates: 24gProtein: 2gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.3gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 26mgSodium: 125mgPotassium: 58mgFiber: 1gSugar: 15gVitamin A: 1776IUVitamin C: 0.5mgCalcium: 52mgIron: 1mg
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