These baked pumpkin donuts are dipped in the most delicious brown sugar and maple glaze. An easy 30-minute recipe.
You might also like our apple cider donuts or our biscuit dough donuts.
These yummy pumpkin donuts couldn't be easier to make. The batter is a twist on my favorite pumpkin bread recipe, and the glaze is the same one that I use for making easy biscuit dough donuts!
Why I Love This Recipe
- 30 minutes start to finish. You can make these donuts in the same time it would take you to make a batch of pumpkin streusel muffins.
- Stays fresh for days. Fried donuts are best eaten the day they are made. Baked donuts, however, will stay fresh for a few days. You can heat them up in the microwave for a few seconds for a warm donut.
- Easy to customize! Brush with butter and roll in cinnamon and sugar instead of glaze, or add walnuts or chocolate chips to the batter!
What Others Are Saying
These were loved by my lunch group ladies! I got 14 donuts out of the batter. I double dunked them in the glaze for extra flavor and because there was so much glaze. Extra glaze worked to dunk apple slices in it! ---CC
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🍩 Tips for Making Baked Pumpkin Donuts
- Use 2 pans. Most donut pans will make 6 donuts. This recipe makes 12, so you can make them in batches or grab two pans. These pans are so easy to use and make perfect-looking donuts every time. I've had this set of 2 for a few years and love them.
- Donuts can be dipped warm or cooled, depending on what you are dipping them in. If rolling in cinnamon and sugar, do that while they are warm. If dipping in glaze, allow the donuts to cool.
- If you notice the glaze thickening while dipping, you can add a splash of milk, whisk, and keep dipping.
🥣 Recipe Ingredients
- Brown sugar: I prefer brown sugar to white sugar as it gives the donuts great flavor and a moist texture. It is also the base for the delicious maple glaze.
- Cinnamon, Nutmeg and Ginger: if you'd rather use a pumpkin spice mix you totally can.
- Pumpkin puree: NOT pumpkin pie filling. Just pureed pumpkin from a can.
- Maple Syrup and Extract: If you don't have maple extract on hand, you can leave it out. I only use ½ teaspoon. It won't have as much maple flavoring, but the brown sugar and maple syrup give the glaze an amazing flavor on their own.
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.
👩🍳 How To Make Baked Pumpkin Donuts
Step 1: In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger together.
Step 2: Add pumpkin, oil, eggs, vanilla and water. Mix thoroughly.
Step 3: Pipe the batter into the donut pans. Bake for 10 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the middle.
Step 4: Heat butter, brown sugar, and syrup in the microwave for 30 seconds, or until butter has melted. Stir. Add maple extract and milk. Stir. Whisk in powdered sugar.
Step 5: Dip donuts into glaze, allowing excess to drip off. If the glaze begins to thicken while dipping the donuts, you can add a splash of milk to the glaze.The glaze will set up within 5-10 minutes, making the donuts easier to pick up and eat.
Baked Donut FAQ's
For this recipe, yes. The batter is not sturdy enough to roll out and cut with a donut cutter like I do when making apple cider donuts. You'll need to use a metal donut pan to create the perfect shape when baked.
Fried raised donuts will always have a classic texture and taste that cannot be completely replicated. That said, baked donuts are delicious in their own right.
Pumpkin pie filling is a mixture of pumpkin puree, thickeners, sugar, and spices. Using it would affect the flavor and texture of the donuts. 100% pumpkin puree should be used for this recipe.
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Pumpkin Donuts With Maple Glaze
Equipment
- donut pan
Ingredients
Donuts
- 1 ¾ cups white flour
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup pureed pumpkin
- ½ cup oil
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ¼ cup water
Maple Glaze
- ¼ cup butter
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- 2 Tbsp. maple syrup
- ¼-1/2 teaspoon maple extract
- 3 Tbsp. milk
- 2 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F degrees.
- Spray donut pan with non stick cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger together. Add pumpkin, oil, eggs, vanilla and water. Mix thoroughly.
- Spoon batter into a large plastic bag. Cut the tip off of the corner the bag, using a pair of scissors, and pipe the batter into the donut pans.
- Bake donuts for 10 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the middle.
- Cool in pans for 10 minutes before dipping into maple glaze.
- Heat butter, brown sugar and syrup in microwave for 30 seconds, or until butter has melted. Stir. Add maple extract and milk. Stir. Whisk in powdered sugar. Dip donuts into glaze, allowing excess to drip off.If glaze begins to thicken while dipping the donuts you can add a splash of milk to the glaze.Glaze will set up within 5-10 minutes, making the donuts easier to pick up and eat.
Notes
- Use 2 pans. Most donut pans will make 6 donuts. This recipe makes 12, so you can make them in batches or grab two pans. These pans are so easy to use and make perfect-looking donuts every time. I've had this set of 2 for a few years and love them.
- Donuts can be dipped warm or cooled, depending on what you are dipping them in. If rolling in cinnamon and sugar, do that while they are warm. If dipping in glaze, allow the donuts to cool.
- If you notice the glaze thickening while dipping, you can add a splash of milk, whisk, and keep dipping.
Brandy says
I love how simple this recipe is. They are just as easy to make as muffins, but are DONUTS!
CC says
These were loved by my lunch group ladies! I got 14 donuts out of the batter. I have silicone molds and still spray with nonstick as they can be tricky to release. It really does help to let them cool in the pan for 10 minutes. I double dunked them in the glaze, for extra flavor and because there was so much glaze. Extra glaze worked to dunk apple slices in it!
Brandy says
Yay! So glad you liked them and that your friends liked them too!