Baked Pumpkin Donut Muffins
I’ve been seeing these muffins all over the web lately, so I decided to make them as a breakfast treat for my kids and husband. I noticed many recipes online baked the donut muffins in a mini muffin tray to make them more like donut holes. I have already packed my mini muffin tray away for our move, so I was happy to find this easy baked pumpkin donut muffins recipe at My Madison Bistro that used the large muffin tray. These muffins were a snap to put together, smelled ultra-delicious while baking, and tasted moist, flavorful, and extremely tasty!! My kids loved them–they said they were “awesome”, “the best”, and “SOOOOOOOOO good”. Can’t beat that.
Baked Pumpkin Donut Muffins
Donuts:
- 3 cups of flour
- 2½ tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp fresh nutmeg, grated
- ¼ tsp cardamom
- ¼ tsp ground cloves
- Dash of dried ginger
- 10 tbsp butter, room temperature
- ¾ cup of brown sugar
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 15-oz can of pumpkin puree
- ⅓ cup of buttermilk
- 1 tsp vanilla
Other Ingredients:
- 4 tbsp butter, melted
- ¾ cup of white sugar
- 2½ tsp ground cinnamon
How to Make Baked Pumpkin Donut Muffins:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Coat a muffin tray with cooking spray.
Prepare the donut batter by combining the flours, baking powder, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom, cloves, and ginger in a bowl; mix well.
Beat the butter and sugar with a hand mixer until creamy; add the eggs, pumpkin puree, buttermilk, and vanilla, then beat until well combined.
Add the flour mixture to the pumpkin mixture and mix until just combined.
Spoon the mixture into the muffin tray evenly.
Bake the muffins by placing the muffin tray in the oven and bake 25-28 minutes, or until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
Let the muffins cool for a couple of minutes before moving to a wire cooling rack.
Prepare the cinnamon & sugar mixture by combining the white sugar and cinnamon in a bowl until well mixed.
Brush the warm, melted butter over the entire muffin.
Immediately place it in the cinnamon & sugar mixture and toss it around to coat evenly.
Set the finished muffins on a rack to cool for a few minutes.
Serve and enjoy!
Ingredients
Donuts:
- 3 cups of flour
- 2½ tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp fresh nutmeg grated
- ¼ tsp cardamom
- ¼ tsp ground cloves
- Dash of dried ginger
- 10 tbsp butter room temperature
- ¾ cup of brown sugar
- 2 large eggs room temperature
- 15-oz can of pumpkin puree
- ⅓ cup of buttermilk
- 1 tsp vanilla
Other Ingredients:
- 4 tbsp butter melted
- ¾ cup of white sugar
- 2½ tsp ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Coat a muffin tray with cooking spray.
- Prepare the donut batter by combining the flours, baking powder, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom, cloves, and ginger in a bowl; mix well.
- Beat the butter and sugar with a hand mixer until creamy; add the eggs, pumpkin puree, buttermilk, and vanilla, then beat until well combined.
- Add the flour mixture to the pumpkin mixture and mix until just combined.
- Spoon the mixture into the muffin tray evenly.
- Bake the muffins by placing the muffin tray in the oven and bake 25-28 minutes, or until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Let the muffins cool for a couple of minutes before moving to a wire cooling rack.
- Prepare the cinnamon & sugar mixture by combining the white sugar and cinnamon in a bowl until well mixed.
- Brush the warm, melted butter over the entire muffin.
- Immediately place it in the cinnamon & sugar mixture and toss it around to coat evenly.
- Set the finished muffins on a rack to cool for a few minutes.
- Serve and enjoy!
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Big Dude said…
You sure are turning your freezer and pantry items into some good-looking dishes – the soup has got to be delicious.
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Muffin Doughnut, it does look like one. What an idea. Definitely going to try that out! Thanks Pam.
They look so delicious,Pam!I love all the spices used,they must smell amazing!!
They do sound amazing and perfect for the season!!
Happy Halloween!
Pam, I guess I haven't been around the web enough as I hadn't seen these before but they look and sound just fabulous. Love that cinnamon and sugar dip, yum!
Fantastic recipe and congratulations to the lucky winner!
Cheers,
Lia.
Congratulations on winning the apron, Big Dude!
The muffins look amazing, Pam! Your photo is stunning, as always.
Kim in MD
Donuts + Muffins + Pumpkin = Happiness!!! 🙂
Congrats to Larry!! I think the Big Dude will look great in the apron!
These look so yummy! Great to use pumpkin!
I was planning to make the pumpkin muffins with oatmeal streusel topping to bring to work sometime this week, but now I'm torn! Which one is better, in your opinion?
these look amazing!
I have seen these muffins on the web also. Now that you are reviewing them I have to give them a try.
Congrats to the winner! The muffins look spectacular.
I think AWESOME! is exactly what I, and my labmates, will be saying when we dig into these one morning soon! Delicious!
I keep seeing these muffins everywhere, too! They look so good! I like your big muffin version of them – I bet they are fun to eat!
The doughnut muffins are totally popular right now. They are obviously winners with kids and adults alike. Adding the pumpkin is a nice way to keep them moist!
Great muffins! We are moving in 2 weeks, I might have to try these to use up a can of pumpkin I have! Great pumpkins!
These look delicious. I shall have to try them very soon 🙂
wishing you a great day,
doreen
Congrats to Larry! You're right, Bev should have a nice new apron. Your donut muffins look good. Happy Halloween, Pam and family!
These donut muffins look divine! Happy Halloween!
Brushed in butter and rolled in sugar… Is that even legal?!
oh boy! i'm pretty excited about the whole bathe-in-butter-and-dry-off-in-cinnamon-sugar concept. yum!
These look deliicous!! gloria
This made me think of the Seinfeld episode with Elaine's idea to sell only the tops of muffins. It looks good, Pam.
I'm loving all of the pumpkin recipes that have hit the blog world lately. And these muffins look delicious…kinda like sugared donuts 😉