Maple Pumpkin Doughnuts

These baked pumpkin doughnuts are dipped in a maple glaze and sprinkled with chopped pumpkin seeds, making them an unbelievably delicious fall treat.

• Preparation Time: 40 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 50 mins
• Calories: 275 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 large egg
• 3 tablespoons maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon vegetable oil, or as needed
• 0.25 teaspoon salt
• 0.75 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 0.33333334326744 cup vegetable oil
• 0.5 teaspoon ground ginger
• 0.25 cup buttermilk
• 0.25 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 0.75 cup pumpkin puree
• 0.125 teaspoon ground cloves
• 0.25 teaspoon ground allspice
• 0.33333334326744 cup maple syrup
• 0.25 cup light brown sugar
• 0.25 cup finely chopped roasted pumpkin seeds
• 0.5 cup confectioners' sugar

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a doughnut pan with about 1 teaspoon vegetable oil.

Step 2

Sift flour, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, allspice, salt, and cloves together in a large bowl; stir brown sugar into flour mixture until well mixed.

Step 3

Whisk pumpkin puree, 1/3 cup vegetable oil, 1/3 cup maple syrup, buttermilk, and egg together in a separate bowl until smooth. Stir pumpkin mixture into flour mixture until batter is just combined. Refrigerate batter for flavors to blend, 20 to 40 minutes.

Step 4

Whisk confectioners' sugar and 3 tablespoons maple syrup together in a small bowl until glaze is smooth.

Step 5

Scoop about 1/4 cup batter into each well of the prepared doughnut pan.

Step 6

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a doughnut comes out clean, 9 to 13 minutes. Cool completely in the pan. Loosen edges of each doughnut with a small offset spatula or knife and transfer to a wire rack.

Step 7

Press doughnuts face down into glaze to cover the top completely. Place doughnuts on a wire rack until glaze begins to set, 2 to 3 minutes. Sprinkle pumpkin seeds over glaze.