Description
These baked pumpkin donut holes are the best healthy fall treat! They are light and fluffy, bursting with pumpkin spice flavors. You can make them in about 30 minutes with just a few simple ingredients! Plus, they are gluten-free!
Ingredients
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Wet ingredients
- 1.5 cups pumpkin puree – not pumpkin pie filling
- 4 large eggs
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- 1.5 cups granulated sugar – or sugar substitute
Dry ingredients
- 1+3/4 cups gluten free all purpose flour
- 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
- 1.5 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch
For coating the donut holes
- 1/2 cup melted butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2–3 tablespoons ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and spray 1 (12-cup) or 2 (24-cup) donut hole pans or mini muffin pans with cooking spray.
- Mix the wet ingredients in a medium bowl.
- In a separate larger mixing bowl combine the dry ingredients.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix well to combine into a thick, wet donut batter.
- Use a medium-sized ice cream scoop to scoop and portion the batter into the donut hole or mini muffin cavities of your pans, filling them about halfway full. This recipe makes about 25-30 donut holes so you will likely need to do this in batches.
- Bake the donut holes in the preheated oven on the middle rack for 15-17 minutes until set and golden.
- While the donuts are cooking, melt the butter and mix up the cinnamon sugar.
- Once the donuts are done, carefully remove them from the pans, dip each one in the melted butter then roll them in the cinnamon sugar.
- Serve and enjoy!
Notes
- You can use regular white flour if you do not need to keep this recipe gluten-free.
- If you are storing these donut holes for later use then don’t coat them until you are ready to serve them since they tend to get soggy if they sit for too long.
- I used two 12-cup donut hole pans but you can also use mini muffin pans.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 17 minutes
- Category: Healthy Desserts
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American