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Easy Baked Pumpkin Donut Recipe

Baked Pumpkin Donuts Recipe

 

Easy Baked Pumpkin Donut Recipe

 

Happy Wednesday! Did you know that it’s also National Baked Pumpkin Donut Day???

Juuuuuuuuust kidding ????!

I looked. It doesn’t exist. And it should, because these donuts are very deserving of their own national holiday! I mean… if there’s a “Stay Home Because You are Well Day” and a “Chicken Soup for the Soul” day (yeah, those are real), then Baked Pumpkin Donut Day should definitely be happening.

Easy Baked Pumpkin Donut Recipe

In fact, let’s just declare today is National Baked Pumpkin Donut Day. Technically, it’s King Tut Day (????). But… I’m pretty sure I’d rather celebrate donuts. You?

usually prefer frying my homemade donuts. Like these copycat Krispy Kreme Donuts, or these Heavenly Hash Donuts, or these Apple Cider Donuts, or these Bacon Fried Chicken and Donuts… mmmmmmmm.

But I know a lot of you are pretty wary of frying stuff, and baking donuts seems to be generally more acceptable to everyone. So I’ve been working on trying more baked donut recipes that I can share with you guys. This Chocolate Baked Cake Donut, for starters, is insanely delicious. SO GOOD.

Easy Baked Pumpkin Donut Recipe

Today’s recipe marks another baked donut in the books, and you pumpkin crazies out there are going to love this one.

They are soft, soft, SOFT! And full of fragrant pumpkin spice. Also: super easy.

All you have to do is mix one cake mix (yellow or white) with one can of pumpkin puree and add a touch of pumpkin pie spice. Give ’em a dunk in cinnamon sugar, and you’re good to go!

These donuts are delicious when warm straight out of the oven (aren’t all donuts??), and they are best eaten on the day you bake them. This isn’t really a make-ahead kind of recipe, but they’re so easy to make so that’s not really a big deal.

Easy Baked Pumpkin Donut Recipe

This is the donut pan I used, it’s only about $7 on Amazon and you could have it in two days with Prime. But if you’re not looking to buy a new donut pan, you could always bake these in a muffin tin instead if you wanted.

Enjoy 🙂 And Happy National Baked Pumpkin Donut Day ????.

If you like to lick the brownie batter bowl, you'll love this healthful alternative!

Single Serve Brownie Batter Dip Recipe

If you like to lick the brownie batter bowl, you’ll love this brownie batter recipe made just for one!

If you like to lick the brownie batter bowl, you'll love this healthful alternative!

 

This brownie batter dip is INSANE you guys. It’s thick and rich, right on the money for texture and flavor. If you’re a bowl-licker, you’ve come to the right place my friend.

Not only does this brownie batter dip taste just like brownie batter, and not only is it a perfectly scaled down recipe meant just for one, guess what else? It’s actually kinda, sorta healthy!

WHAT?!

If you like to lick the brownie batter bowl, you'll love this healthful alternative!

This recipe’s key to success and star ingredient is ALMOND BUTTER. And everybody knows we need those healthy fats! Plus, this is what makes the brownie batter thick and so much like the real stuff. I was worried that the almond butter taste would be overpowering, but not so. The other ingredients balance out perfectly.

The sweetener? Honey. Also a major player in the texture game.

If you like to lick the brownie batter bowl, you'll love this healthful alternative!

And, of course, we’ve got flour, cocoa powder, salt, and vanilla. All major components to real brownie batter. I also added mini chocolate chips and walnuts, because I need a little crunchy ????.

PS- If you’re concerned about eating raw flour, you can heat treat it in the oven before using it.

If you like to lick the brownie batter bowl, you'll love this healthful alternative!

Eat it as a dip with apples, pretzels, graham crackers, and strawberries. Or just grab a spoon and dig in. I won’t judge ????.

This quick and easy mousse looks fancy, but it's actually SO quick and easy to make!

White Chocolate Snickerdoodle Pudding Mousse Recipe

This quick and easy mousse looks fancy, but it’s actually SO quick and easy to make!

This quick and easy mousse looks fancy, but it's actually SO quick and easy to make!

This easy version of mousse has long since been one of my favorite go-to desserts. Not only is it delicious, but it’s super duper quick and easy, cheap, fairly diet friendly, and really versatile. There are so many different ways to make it! Plus, I almost always have all the ingredients on hand, so it’s a great recipe to keep in your back pocket for dessert in a pinch.

If that’s not a win all over, then I don’t know what is!

This quick and easy mousse looks fancy, but it's actually SO quick and easy to make!

The ingredient list is pretty simple. And really short.

Instant pudding mix (white chocolate flavored for this snickerdoodle variation).

Fat free milk.

8 ounces Cool Whip.

And for this version you’ll also need cinnamon, white chocolate, and (optional) snickerdoodle cookies.

This quick and easy mousse looks fancy, but it's actually SO quick and easy to make!

White chocolate and cinnamon is one of my all-time favorite flavor combinations. If you love it as much as I do, you MUST make these White Chocolate Snickerdoodle Pudding Cookies and these White Chocolate Covered Pretzel Snickerdoodles. They’re both ah-mazing!

But when you don’t have time for cookies, this mousse will do the trick ????.

This quick and easy mousse looks fancy, but it's actually SO quick and easy to make!

Enjoy!

And PS- if you want an easy way to make sweet chocolate curls like I did, use this tutorial from I Am Baker. It made chocolate curling a breeze!