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Whole Wheat Pumpkin Donuts

With nearly a full days worth of vitamin A, these quick, easy and delicious Whole Wheat Pumpkin Donuts say "never too much pumpkin."
Author: Inger
5 from 1 vote
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 14 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine International
Servings 12
Calories 270 kcal

Ingredients
  

For donuts

  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups pumpkin purée canned pumpkin
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice or 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon plus 1/4 teaspoon each ground cloves, allspice and ginger (and nutmeg if you like)
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour or 1 3/4 c + 2T unbleached all purpose flour

For glaze (see note)

  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup pure maple syrup
  • 1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar

Instructions
 

Donut Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 F.
  • Beat together donut ingredients until smooth.
  • Lightly grease two standard doughnut pans.
  • Fill the wells of the doughnut pans about 3/4 full. I found that a pastry bag (or a zip loc bag with a corner cut off) made this super-easy.
  • Bake full sized doughnuts for 15 to 18 minutes (I went 14 minutes for mini-donuts), or until a cake tester inserted into the center of one comes out clean.
  • Remove the doughnuts from the oven, and after about 5 minutes, loosen their edges, and transfer them to a rack to cool.

Glaze instructions

  • Melt butter and maple syrup together.
  • Whisk in confectioners sugar and beat until smooth.
  • Let cool slightly then dip in cool donuts.
  • Alternatively, mix a few tablespoons of sugar and a teaspoon of cinnamon in a bag and shake warm donuts in this (see note)

Notes

If you substitute the cinnamon sugar dipping mixture for the glaze, you will save about 100 calories per serving (2 mini donuts or 1 full size donut).
King Arthur says that if you don’t have doughnut pans, you can bake these in a couple of standard muffin tins. Muffins need to bake for 23 to 25 minutes. (I haven't tried this.)

Nutrition

Calories: 270kcal
I am not a health professional and nutrition data is calculated programatically. Accuracy may vary with product selection, calculator accuracy, etc. Consult a professional for the best information.
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