Pumpkin Doughnut Holes

If you want a last gasp of pumpkin season in your kitchen, these irresistible doughnut holes may be for you.  I picked them up at an Amish bakery recently and....SIGH, I just kept popping them in my mouth one by one by one by one.  They seemed to melt in your mouth and be gone in a single bite.  Ugh.  I'd never consume a whole doughnut in a single bite, so why a hole?  That is the problem with doughnut holes is that they are too easy to eat!  I guess I take some solace in knowing that even if I ate, say, 10 at a single sitting, that is still probably equivalent to eating a single doughnut.   But, ugh, I need to get back on the healthy eating bandwagon.

This recipe for a pumpkin doughnut hole bakes them, not deep fries them, so I think it's a bit easier to make. It's more like a mini-muffin.

Baked Pumpkin Doughnut Holes

 

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Prep time

15 mins

Cook time

12 mins

Total time

27 mins

 

Serves: 2 dozen

Ingredients

• 1¾ cups all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoons cinnamon
• ½ teaspoons nutmeg
• ½ teaspoon allspice
• ⅛ teaspoons ground cloves
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¾ cup pumpkin puree
• ½ cup milk
• ½ cup brown sugar
• ⅓ cup vegetable oil
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• FOR THE CINNAMON SUGAR TOPPING
• 2 tablespoons cinnamon
• ⅔ cup granulated sugar
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Lightly oil a mini muffin pan or coat with nonstick spray.
3. In a large bowl, combine flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, cloves, baking powder and salt.
4. In a large glass measuring cup or another bowl, whisk together pumpkin puree, milk, brown sugar, canola oil, egg and vanilla.
5. Pour mixture over dry ingredients and stir using a rubber spatula just until moist.
6. Scoop the batter evenly into the muffin tray.
7. Place into oven and bake for 10-12 minutes, or until a toothpick or butter knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
8. To make the cinnamon sugar, combine cinnamon and sugar.
9. When the doughnut holes are done, cool for 2 minutes and dip each doughnut hole into the melted butter and then into the cinnamon-sugar mixture.
10. Let cool on a wire rack and store in sealed container.

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