These baked pumpkin donuts with cream cheese frosting are moist, rich, full of flavor, and perfect for the fall season. Enjoy these for dessert or as a sweet breakfast treat with a hot cup of coffee.
The pumpkin flavor pops with cinnamon, ginger, and cloves, not to mention a delicious cream cheese glaze. This is a simple and delicious fall dessert recipe every pumpkin lover will enjoy.
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Why you'll love this recipe
- Easy recipe: This is a simple and easy-to-make dessert.
- Moist: These baked donuts are fluffy and moist.
- Great flavor: Pumpkin spice donuts with cream cheese glaze? Yes, please.
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Ingredients
Pumpkin Donuts Ingredients
- Cooking spray
- milk
- apple cider vinegar
- all-purpose flour
- light brown sugar
- baking powder
- baking soda
- cinnamon
- ginger
- cloves
- salt
- pumpkin puree
- vegetable oil
- vanilla extract
Cream Cheese Glaze Ingredients
- cream cheese
- powdered sugar
- milk
- vanilla extract
See the recipe card for quantities.
Instructions
For the donuts:
Preheat the oven to 350℉ and grease the donut pan.
Mix together the milk and vinegar in a small bowl and let sit for at least 5 minutes.
Stir together all of the dry donut ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
Add in all of the wet donut ingredients and stir until just combined.
Tip: "Just combined" means you stop mixing as soon as you can no longer see the flour and other dry ingredients. Do not overmix.
Pour or spoon in about ¼ cup of the batter into each donut cavity. The batter should fill the donut cavities about ⅔ of the way up.
Bake for about 13 minutes. Poke the donuts with a toothpick to check for doneness. Allow the donuts to cool on a cooling rack for at least 10 minutes before adding the glaze.
Tip: When checking if the donuts are done baking, the toothpick should come out clean or maybe with a few crumbs, but there should not be batter on the toothpick. If there is wet batter on the toothpick, bake for another 1 to 3 minutes.
For the cream cheese glaze:
Cream together the cream cheese and powdered sugar. Mix in the milk and vanilla extract. Add in 1 teaspoon of milk at a time until you reach the right consistency. Using less milk will result in a thicker frosting, using more milk will result in a thinner glaze.
Once the donuts are cool, ice them by dipping them in the icing or spooning the glaze onto the donuts and spreading it with the back of a spoon.
Equipment
Storage
Store in the refrigerator for 2 to 3 days.
The donuts can be frozen before being glazed. Warm them up by thawing them at room temperature for about 2 hours.
FAQ
Yes, you can freeze baked donuts. It is recommended to freeze them before adding the glaze.
This recipe has not been tested with gluten-free flour. You can easily make these donuts vegan by replacing the milk with any type of non-dairy milk (such as soy milk or almond milk) and using plain vegan cream cheese in place of the cream cheese for the icing.
📖 Recipe
Baked Pumpkin Donuts with Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients
Pumpkin Donuts
- Cooking spray
- ½ cup milk
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ginger
- ¼ teaspoon cloves
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup pumpkin puree
- 2 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Cream Cheese Glaze
- ¼ cup cream cheese softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons milk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
Pumpkin Donuts
- Preheat the oven to 350℉ and grease the donut pan.
- Mix together the milk and vinegar in a small bowl and let sit for at least 5 minutes.
- Stir together all of the dry donut ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
- Add in all of the wet donut ingredients and stir until just combined. Do not overmix.
- Pour or spoon in about ¼ cup of the batter into each donut cavity. The batter should fill the donut cavities about ⅔ of the way up.
- Bake for about 13 minutes. Poke the donuts with a toothpick to check for doneness. Allow to cool on a cooling rack for at least 10 minutes before adding the glaze.
Cream Cheese Glaze
- Cream together the cream cheese and powdered sugar.
- Mix in the milk and vanilla extract. Add in 1 teaspoon of milk at a time until you reach the right consistency. Using less milk will result in a thicker frosting, using more milk will result in a thinner glaze.
- Once the donuts are cool, ice them by dipping them in the icing or spooning the glaze onto the donuts and spreading it with the back of a spoon.
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