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Pumpkin Donuts with Vanilla Glaze (Gluten-Free)

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Healthier version of the traditional doughnuts, these baked in the oven pumpkin cake doughnuts are glazed with vanilla glaze and made with gluten free flour.

Why make this recipe?

  • Easy to make
  • Healthier than the traditional doughnuts
  • Fun to decorate
  • Great for entertaining or gifting

What exactly is baked doughnut?

A cake doughnut is basically a oven-baked version of a traditional doughnut, which is also considered to be healthier. It’s also made with cake (all purpose) or gluten free flour and baking powder and it’s baked straightaway after the batter is made.

Traditional doughnuts doughs are made with bread flour and yeast and need to prove once or twice before you fry them in deep oil.

Any specialist equipment needed?

You will need a doughnut pan/baking tin. It’s difficult to make this recipe without one, but you can bake the dough in any muffin tin or loaf tin to create different shapes, if you wanted to.

Pro tip

This batter meant to be a lot thicker than regular muffin or cupcakes batter. This is because you need that firmness when you are taking the doughnuts out from the baking tin.

Always grease or wipe with oil your doughnut baking tins to prevent the dough from sticking. I also find that greasing the tins and then covering it with a light layer of flour helps to release the baked doughnuts even better.

How else you can make this recipe?

You can easily make this recipe dairy free by swapping the buttermilk for a plant based version of buttermilk or plant based cream or milk. The same goes for butter.

Batch size

This depends on what type of doughnut baking tin you are using. I have a regular size doughnut tin and I usually 12 doughnuts. If you use mini doughnut pan, you might get 24 or more doughnuts.

Can I scale up or down this recipe?

This recipe is easily scalable, just double up the amount and use extra baking tins.

Can I bake doughnuts in advance?

It depends on how far in advance you had in mind. If you are planning a party or an event a day in advance would be perfect as it allows the lemon glaze to properly set.

You can also bake the doughnuts and freeze them and glaze them 12-24 hrs before your even or when you need them.

How to store iced doughnuts

Baked cake doughnuts are best stored in a paper box rather than in an airtight container as this might cause the glaze to melt or run.

INGREDIENTS

  • 1/3 cup pumpkin pie or homemade pumpkin butter (more if the batter is too thick), you can also use tinned pumpkin mashed and liquid strained
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons butter unsalted
  • 1/2 cup caster sugar
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice see my pumpkin recipe spice mix
  • 1 1/2 cup gluten free flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon xantham gum unless your flour already contains it
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk

Vanilla Icing Glaze

  • 1 1/2 cups icing (powdered – confectioners) sugar
  • 1/4 cup milk more depending on desired consistency
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • pinch fine salt

INSTRUCTIONS

  • Preheat your oven to 350˚F, 180 C
  • Spray the doughnut baking tins with cooking spray or wipe with a paper towel dabbed in vegetable oil.
  • In a medium sized bowl cream the butter, sugar, salt, and pumpkin pie spice mix until light and fluffy. You can do this in a mixer or by hand as it’s a small enough amount.
  • Add the eggs and buttermilk to the creamed butter and sugar and either whisk or cream by hand until it’s all smooth and light.
  • In another bowl, mix together flour, baking soda, and baking powder.
  • Add the flour mixture to the buttermilk in stages, making sure that at every stage the flour is incorporated before you add the next bit of the flour.
  • Gently fold in the pumpkin pie puree or pumpkin pie butter. Ad slightly more if needed. You should have a thicker texture batter.
  • Using a piping bag (or small spoon) pipe the cake doughnut batter to the tins, making sure you don’t overfil them. This means not going over about two-thirds full.
  • Bake for 10-12 depending on what size of doughnut’s baking pan/tin you have. When done, the doughnuts should feel springy when you gently press them down and start to come away from the baking tin. Double check with a woonden skewer – if it comes out clean and dry, your doughnuts are done.
  • Leave the doughnuts to cool down a bit in the baking pan and when only warm to touch, gently take them out and leave to cool down on a cooling rack completely.
  • To prepare the vanilla icing glaze, mix together the icing (confectioners) sugar, milk, vanilla extract, tiny pinch of salt. Add more milk or vanilla essence to achieve a thick pouring consistency. You can also add extra pumpkin pie spice to the glaze.
  • Add the glaze by either dipping the doughnuts upside down in the vanilla glaze or carefully pour over the glaze. Leave to dry the sugar glaze before packaging or serving.

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Pumpkin Baked Donuts with Vanilla Icing Glaze (Gluten-Free)

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Healthier version of the traditional doughnuts, these baked in the oven pumpkin cake doughnuts are glazed with vanilla glaze and made with gluten free flour.
Prep Time:20 mins
Cook Time:12 mins

Equipment

  • Doughnut pans (regular or mini)
  • Piping bag

Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup pumpkin pie or pumpkin butter (more if the batter is too thick up to 1/2 cup)
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons butter unsalted
  • 1/2 cup caster sugar
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice See my recipe spice mix
  • 1 1/2 cup gluten free flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon xantham gum unless your flour already contains it
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk

Vanilla Icing Glaze

  • 1 1/2 cups icing (powdered – confectioners) sugar
  • 1/4 cup milk more depending on desired consistency
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • pinch fine salt
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Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 350˚F, 180 C
  • Spray the doughnut baking tins with cooking spray or wipe with a paper towel dabbed in vegetable oil.
  • In a medium sized bowl cream the butter, sugar, salt, and pumpkin pie spice mix until light and fluffy. You can do this in a mixer or by hand as it's a small enough amount.
  • Add the eggs and buttermilk to the creamed butter and sugar and either whisk or cream by hand until it's all smooth and light.
  • In another bowl, mix together flour, baking soda, and baking powder.
  • Add the flour mixture to the buttermilk in stages, making sure that at every stage the flour is incorporated before you add the next bit of the flour.
  • Gently fold in the pumpkin pie puree or pumpkin pie butter. Ad slightly more if needed. You should have a thicker texture batter.
  • Using a piping bag (or small spoon) pipe the cake doughnut batter to the tins, making sure you don't overfil them. This means not going over about two-thirds full.
  • Bake for 10-12 depending on what size of doughnut's baking pan/tin you have. When done, the doughnuts should feel springy when you gently press them down and start to come away from the baking tin. Double check with a woonden skewer – if it comes out clean and dry, your doughnuts are done.
  • Leave the doughnuts to cool down a bit in the baking pan and when only warm to touch, gently take them out and leave to cool down on a cooling rack completely.
  • To prepare the vanilla icing glaze, mix together the icing (confectioners) sugar, milk, vanilla extract, tiny pinch of salt. Add more milk or vanilla essence to achieve a thick pouring consistency. You can also add extra pumpkin pie spice to the glaze.
  • Add the glaze by either dipping the doughnuts upside down in the vanilla glaze or carefully pour over the glaze. Leave to dry the sugar glaze before packaging or serving.

Nutrition

Calories: 166kcal | Carbohydrates: 37g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 121mg | Potassium: 41mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 24g | Vitamin A: 670IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 55mg | Iron: 1mg
Course: pudding, Snack
Cuisine: American
Servings: 12 doughnuts
Calories: 166kcal
Author: Magdalena
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7 July 2021 · 1 Comment

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  1. Julie Bickham says

    8 July 2021 at 10:25 pm

    5 stars
    I can’t get enough of baking with pumpkin, so tried this recipe too. Really like the chewiness and the texture of these donuts – not too crumbly. I’ve used the lemon glaze from your other recipes and it worked really well with the pumpkin flavour.

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