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High Altitude Baked Pumpkin Spice Doughnuts

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Light and fluffy pumpkin cake doughnuts that are full of warm fall spices and coated in cinnamon and sugar.

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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 17 minutes
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Servings6 doughnuts

Equipment

  • Doughnut Pan

Ingredients
 

  • ⅓ cup (81g) canned pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie filling)
  • 3 tbsp (45g) sour cream
  • 1 (55g) large egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • ⅔ cup (87g) all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
  • ¼ cup (40g) dark brown sugar, lightly packed
  • 1 tsp espresso powder (optional)
  • ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp ground ginger
  • ⅛ tsp ground cloves
  • ⅛ tsp ground nutmeg
  • ¼ tsp baking soda
  • ¼ tsp coarse Kosher salt (if using table salt, use half the amount)
  • ¼ cup cinnamon & sugar (1/4 cup sugar + 1 tsp ground cinnamon)

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 375. Thoroughly grease a standard-sized doughnut pan with non-stick spray.
  • In a bowl, whisk together the pumpkin, sour cream, egg and vanilla.
  • Separately, whisk together the flour, brown sugar, spices, baking soda and salt.
  • Add the dry ingredients to the wet, and stir together with a spatula until no dry streaks of flour remain.
  • The batter will be thick. Spoon the batter into a piping bag or a plastic bag, and snip off the corner. Pipe the batter into the doughnut pan.
  • Bake the doughnuts on the center oven rack for about 11-12 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool the doughnuts in the pan for 1 minute, then turn out onto a wire rack.
  • Immediately dip the hot doughnuts in the cinnamon/sugar mixture to thoroughly coat them. If you have trouble with the cinnamon/sugar not sticking to the doughnuts, then use a pastry brush to lightly brush a very small amount of melted or soft butter on the doughnuts, and then coat them in the cinnamon/sugar.
  • Place the doughnuts on a wire rack, and cool for 10 minutes, then serve warm.

Notes

  • The espresso powder is optional, but it adds a nice coffee flavor to these doughnuts, which is why I also call them Pumpkin Spice Latte Doughnuts.
  • You can substitute pumpkin pie spice for the individual spices, if you have it.
  • The doughnuts still taste great leftover, although the cinnamon/sugar will soak into the cake as they sit, so they are best served fresh.
Keyword Baked Doughnuts, High Altitude, Pumpkin
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