This is not a drill, people. Multiple baked good terms got thrown around in that recipe title. I love doughnuts, but have never been up for investing in a whole doughnut (or doughnut hole) pan just to make them at home. The ideal scenario has been found – making doughnut holes with a pan you already own. This is really straight forward and easy. I hope you enjoy a splendid autumn stupor, grinning as nutmeg-y cinnamon sugar coats your taste buds.
In conclusion, NO ONE SHOULD BE LEFT ALONE WITH THESE.
PUMPKIN DOUGHNUT HOLES (IN A MINI MUFFIN PAN!)
Makes 36 doughnut holes
18 tablespoons softened butter, divided
¾ cup brown sugar
1 and ¼ cups pumpkin puree
2 eggs
3 cups flour
2 and ½ teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
4 teaspoons cinnamon, divided
½ teaspoon nutmeg
1/3 cup milk
¾ cup sugar
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a stand mixer, beat together 10 tablespoons butter and brown sugar on medium speed for 3 minutes. Add pumpkin puree and eggs and mix for another 1 minute. In a separate bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, 1 and ½ teaspoons cinnamon, and nutmeg. Slowly incorporate the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixer on low speed. Add milk and continue to mix until all ingredients are evenly distributed. Divide batter into a greased mini muffin pan. Bake for 12-14 minutes.
Transfer muffins to wire cooling rack and allow to cool for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, melt 8 tablespoons of butter in a bowl. Combine sugar and 2 and ½ teaspoons cinnamon and spread across a plate. Dunk doughnut holes in butter and coat in cinnamon sugar. Return to baking rack to cool.
- 18 tablespoons softened butter, divided
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- 1 and ¼ cups pumpkin puree
- 2 eggs
- 3 cups flour
- 2 and ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 4 teaspoons cinnamon, divided
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- ⅓ cup milk
- ¾ cup sugar
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a stand mixer, beat together 10 tablespoons butter and brown sugar on medium speed for 3 minutes. Add pumpkin puree and eggs and mix for another 1 minute.
- In a separate bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, 1 and ½ teaspoons cinnamon, and nutmeg. Slowly incorporate the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixer on low speed. Add milk and continue to mix until all ingredients are evenly distributed.
- Divide batter into a greased mini muffin pan. Bake for 12-14 minutes.
- Transfer muffins to wire cooling rack and allow to cool for 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, melt 8 tablespoons of butter in a bowl. Combine sugar and 2 and ½ teaspoons cinnamon and spread across a plate.
- Dunk doughnut holes in butter and coat in cinnamon sugar. Return to baking rack to cool.
Adapted from Martha Stewart.