If you are a lover of all things pumpkin spice, then you have got to give this easy homemade mini pumpkin spice donut recipe a try!
This recipe has classic fall flavors like pumpkin, cinnamon, and cloves, plus a delicious glaze that will make you feel all warm and cozy inside!
Pumpkin Spice Mini Donuts
Pumpkin spice flavor instantly triggers the feeling of fall, and fall is my all-time favorite part of the year. The weather is just beautiful, the leaves are changing color, and there’s a crispness in the air that I just can’t get enough of.
While I love many things about the fall, I think my favorite just might be the return of pumpkin spice everything.
INGREDIENTS TO MAKE PUMPKIN SPICE DONUTS
These are the ingredients you will need to make your pumpkin spice donuts:
- Brown Sugar
- Baking Soda
- Baking Powder
- flour
- ground nutmeg
- Pumpkin Pie Spice
- cinnamon
- ground cloves
- salt
- butter (melted)
- egg (beaten)
- vinegar
- heavy whipping cream
- vanilla extract
- pumpkin puree
- Wilton 12-cavity mini donut pan
These are the ingredients you will need to make the glaze for your donuts:
- brown sugar
- powdered sugar
- cinnamon
- pumkin pie spice
- half & half
HOW TO MAKE PUMPKIN SPICE DONUTS
Before you get started make sure you have a mini donut pan. I use a Wilton 12-Cavity Mini Donut Pan.
Don't forget to grab a plastic bag that you can cut the corner out of!
To get started, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Next, in a small bowl, melt 1 teaspoon of butter in the microwave. Remove and let cool.
In a large mixing bowl, combine your dry ingredients: brown sugar, baking soda, baking powder, flour, sugar, ground nutmeg, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, ground cloves, and salt. Stir these ingredients together using a fork.
Once the melted butter has cooled a bit, add in the beaten egg, vinegar, heavy whipping cream, and vanilla extract. Whisk all of these together.
Combine the dry ingredients mixture with this egg mixture in a large bowl. Stir it all together well.
Add in the pumpkin puree to the mixture and stir.
Spray your donut pan with a nonstick cooking spray.
Using a disposable piping bag, fill with your mixture. Try to eliminate any air bubbles by pushing the mixture towards the tip. Using scissors, snip the tip of the piping bag.
Slowly fill each donut cavity halfway full of the mixture.
Bake the first batch of mini cake donuts for approximately 10 minutes. Remove from the oven. Let them cool. Using a butter knife or spoon, gently release the donuts or turn the pan upside down and gently tap the pan on the counter.
They should fall onto the countertop. Watch out for one that will probably fall directly into your hand, begging you to eat it while it’s still warm!
Wipe the donut pan clean and repeat steps of filling the donut pan and baking until you’ve used up all of the donut batter.
HOW LONG TO BAKE PUMPKIN SPICE DONUTS
Seeing as these are mini donuts, they don’t require a long baking time at all! You only need to bake them for about 10 minutes per batch. Be careful on the 2nd or 3rd batch as the pan and oven will likely be a bit more heated that they were for the very first batch!
HOW TO MAKE PUMPKIN SPICE MINI DONUT GLAZE
First, combine all of the ingredients in a small mixing bowl. Stir well with a whisk or a fork. Reduce or add the amount of powdered sugar to get your desired consistency.
Using a brush, or a small spoon, add your glaze to the donuts. Let them sit for about 10 minutes.
Serve with sprinkles, if desired.
WHAT TO SERVE WITH PUMPKIN SPICE DONUTS
I absolutely love to enjoy one of these pumpkin spice donuts with a piping hot cup of black coffee. It’s a perfect combo, and I’m a coffee addict!
As for my kids, they love to eat these donuts nice and warm with a cup of milk or hot chocolate. The more it screams fall, the better! But I have to say, these donuts are so amazing just on their own as well.
Fall is just around the corner, which means all of the pumpkin spice! Add these mini pumpkin spice donuts to your fall list of foods to try, you won’t be sorry you did!
Try these simple and tasty mini pumpkin spice donuts with your family soon!
Pumpkin Spice Mini Donuts
Ingredients
Pumpkin Spice Donuts
- ½ cup Brown Sugar
- ¼ tbsp Baking Soda
- ½ tsp Baking Powder
- 1 cup Flour
- ⅓ tsp Ground Nutmeg
- 1 tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice
- 1 tsp Cinnamon
- ⅛ tsp Ground Cloves
- ⅓ tsp Salt
- 1 tbsp butter melted
- 1 egg beaten
- 1 tsp Vinegar
- ½ cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- ¾ cup pumpkin puree
Pumpkin Spice Donut Glaze
- 1 cup Brown Sugar
- 1 cup Powdered Sugar
- 1 tsp Cinnamon
- 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- ¼ cup half & half
Bakeware
- 1 12 Cavity mini donut pan
- 1 piping bag, or a plastic bag that you can cut the corner out of!
Instructions
- To get started, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Next, in a small bowl, melt 1 teaspoon of butter in the microwave. Remove and let cool.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine your dry ingredients: brown sugar, baking soda, baking powder, flour, sugar, ground nutmeg, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, ground cloves, and salt. Stir these ingredients together using a fork.
- Once the melted butter has cooled a bit, add in the beaten egg, vinegar, heavy whipping cream, and vanilla extract. Whisk all of these together.
- Combine the dry ingredients mixture with this egg mixture in a large bowl. Stir it all together well.
- Add in the pumpkin puree to the mixture. Stir until all of the ingredients are evenly combined with the puree.
- Spray your donut pan with a nonstick cooking spray.
- Using a disposable piping bag, fill with your mixture. Try to eliminate any air bubbles by pushing the mixture towards the tip. Using a scissors, snip the tip of the piping bag.
- Slowly fill each donut cavity halfway full of the mixture.
- Bake the first batch of mini cake donuts for approximately 10 minutes. Remove from the oven. Let them cool.
- Using a butter knife or spoon, gently release the donuts or turn the pan upside down and gently tap the pan on the counter. They should fall onto the counter top.
- Watch out for one that will probably fall directly into your hand, begging you to eat it while it’s still warm!
- Wipe the donut pan clean and repeat steps of filling the donut pan and baking until you’ve used up all of the donut batter.
How to make the Pumpkin Spice Donut Glaze
- Combine all of the ingredients in a small mixing bowl. Stir well with a whisk or a fork. Reduce or add amount of powdered sugar to get your desired consistency.
- Using a brush, or a small spoon, add your glaze to the donuts. Let them set for about 10 minutes. Serve with sprinkles, if desired.
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Great recipe! Simple but looks amazingly delicious. Would love to make this one this weekend.
Hmm yummy looks legit that donuts, 🙂
I really wanna try this recipe. What sort of vinegar does it use?
Hi Bekki! It uses regular white vinegar for this recipe.
Baking powder is listed in the written description, but not the ingredient list. How much baking powder should be used?
Thanks for catching that! I've just updated the recipe now! You should use 1/2 tps baking powder.