Healthy Pumpkin Donuts with Pumpkin Spice Maple Glaze
Healthy pumpkin donuts will be your new favorite treat to bake in the fall! Fluffy and spiced, they taste like they're from a cider mill but easy to make at home.
Ingredients
Pumpkin Donuts:
- 3/4 cup gluten free flour or oat flour
- 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup butter or coconut oil melted
- 1 1/2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
- 1/8 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
Pumpkin spice maple glaze:
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp. maple syrup
- 1 tbsp. almond milk or lemon juice
- 1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350ºF and grease a donut pan with cooking spray.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, pumpkin puree, sugar, butter, pumpkin pie spice, salt, baking soda, vanilla, stir until combined.
- Use a spoon to divide the batter evenly among the 6 donuts wells. It's ok if they're not perfectly uniform.
- Bake for approximately 18-19 minutes.
- While the donuts are baking combine the ingredients for the maple glaze in a small bowl until combined and a drippy glaze forms.
- Remove from the oven, and let cool for a minutes in the pan before using a butter knife to pop them out of each well.
- Use a fork to drizzle each donut with glaze and top with extra pumpkin pie spice!
Notes
For maximum freshness, store in the fridge. You can reheat donuts for a few minutes in the microwave when ready to enjoy.