Healthy pumpkin donuts with pumpkin spice maple glaze are made with eight simple ingredients, and baked to perfection! They’re a more nutritious, lower in sugar version of your favorite cider mill donut that are made gluten and dairy free.
These baked pumpkin donuts will wow you — they’re super easy to make and I swear they’re as delicious as one from a pumpkin patch cider mill that you would get in the fall.
Don’t get me wrong, I do enjoy the real thing every fall when we go to an apple orchard, but when I want a version that’s just as good with more nutrition and less sugar, I always bake up a batch of these donuts!
I’m writing this post as we are in quarantine due to the corona virus pandemic happening in the United States. It’s a scary time with a lot of uncertainty around how the future will look. One thing that always brightens my spirits when I need it most is thinking of my favorite season, fall and baking up something pumpkin!
The nostalgia and warmth of the season makes me hopeful for the future and snacking on one of these nutritious donuts with my coffee doesn’t hurt either! The texture is unreal — they’re fluffy, not overly sweet and packed with the flavors of pumpkin and pumpkin spice in every bite.
While these pumpkin donuts bake in your oven you’ll remember why you love fall so much and if you’re baking them in April like I am, they will definitely get you excited for what’s to come in just a few months!
And if you need more ideas for how to use up that can of pumpkin you opened for this recipe, check out the recipes linked here at the bottom or browse this site for more!
Ingredients for Healthy Pumpkin Donuts with Pumpkin Spice Maple Glaze
Here’s what you’ll need to bake a batch of these homemade pumpkin donuts
- oat flour or gluten free flour – if you don’t have oat flour at home you can simply add oats to a high speed blender and blend on high until a thin, flour consistency forms.
- pumpkin puree – if you don’t have pumpkin puree this recipe also works with banana.
- light brown sugar– coconut sugar would also work.
- butter or coconut oil -vegan butter would be another option that would work.
- vanilla extract
- pumpkin pie spice
- baking soda
- salt
- maple syrup
- lemon juice
- powdered sugar
utensils/ equipment needed:
- donut pan
- medium-sized mixing bowl
- wooden spoon
How to Make Homemade Pumpkin Donuts That Taste as Good as Ones from the Cider Mill
This baked pumpkin donut recipe is a one-bowl recipe that couldn’t be easier to make! I promise they will become your favorite treat to bake because they taste just like a donut from the
To make healthy pumpkin donuts you will simply mix all of the ingredients together in one bowl until well combined. Divide the batter evenly among the wells of the donut pan, and bake!
Healthy Pumpkin Donuts with Pumpkin Spice Maple Glaze
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
This recipe was inspired by this recipe for healthy pumpkin donuts.
More Pumpkin Recipes You’re Sure to Fall In Love With
- Pumpkin Chickpea Blondies (GF & DF)
- Pumpkin S’mores Cookies (GF & DF)
- Pumpkin Cookie Protein Balls (GF & DF)
- Pillowy Pumpkin Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting (GF)
- Pumpkin Pie Cinnamon Rolls
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Oh my word! I haven’t had a pumpkin donut in years! And I was craving one…so, instead of heading to Dunkin for one ladled in sugar, I decided to try a healthier recipe made at home.
I whipped these up in a flash! Start to finish was about 30 minutes. Super easy! I had most ingredients on hand. I substituted Protein flour in replace of the oat flour and used Swerve brown sugar in the donut recipe and Swerve confectioners sugar in the glaze. Do not skip the glaze! It was actually a tad sweet for me, but I think they really compliment the not so sweet donut. I was going to save these for breakfast, but had one for dessert tonight instead. Sooo good and blew my craving out of the woods! And have I mentioned that they’re healthy?! Win, win and win!
Tips: I used a basting brush to brush on the glaze instead of “drizzling”.
This is a keeper!
So glad you liked them — these are definitely one of my favorite pumpkin treats ever too! Great idea to use a basting brush. I will have to do that next time!
These were delicious! I used a little less sugar than it called for and they were still sweet enough. I made half the batch with chocolate chips, my daughter won’t eat anything without chocolate chips! I skipped the glaze because I didn’t have the ingredients, but will definitely make it next time. And I will make a double batch, these disappeared too quickly!
Chocolate chips are a great addition! These are one of my favorite pumpkin recipes too!
If I don’t have a donut pan what else would work to bake these in ?
You could definitely make them in a muffin tin!