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Healthy Pumpkin Donuts

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 8 minutes
Total Time 18 minutes
Servings 32 minimum
Author Marina

Ingredients

  • 2 eggs room temperature, gently whipped
  • 1/4 cup applesauce unsweetened (You can also replace this with softened butter. This is a not-so-healthy alternative but definitely makes the doughnuts less dense and fluffier.)
  • 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1 cup pumpkin puree I take the easy route and get canned, organic puree
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp cinnamon powder
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • For dusting:
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit
  2. In a bowl, mix together all the dry ingredients and set aside for use in a bit.
  3. In your mixer, add the eggs, brown sugar, applesauce, pumpkin puree and milk. Mix on low, till well combined.
  4. Add to this all the dry ingredients and combine well.
  5. Once the batter is ready, fill each doughnut mound in the doughnut baking pan upto 3/4th's the level.
  6. Bake for 8 minutes or till a toothpick inserted in a doughnut, comes out clean.
  7. Take the pans out of the oven, remove the doughnuts from the pan and while still warm, roll the same in the cinnamon powder and sugar mixture. (Or you can put the cinnamon and sugar mix in a large Ziploc bag, throw a few doughnuts in at a time, shake and remove.)
  8. Enjoy!