Pumpkin Spiced Donuts {Vegan}
In my pumpkin-spiced frenzy these last couple of weeks, I’ve been doing less recipe creation and more remaking old favourites.
I made the No Sugar Spice Cake, which is sweetened with dates and Kabocha, and full of lovely warming spices. I made squash risotto. And I made these Pumpkin Spice Donuts, which is a recipe from my cookbook, Aquafabulous.
Now, it’s been a couple years since I created and tested this recipe, so it was nice to see that it still works (also: Phew!).
This is a baked donut, so there’s no deep-frying required. What you do require, however, is a donut pan, but those are easily procured via Amazon.
The donuts themselves are bursting with those warming spices that we love so much this time of the year; cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves and cardamom. But what really, really makes these bad boys pop is the dusting of cinnamon sugar at the end, so don’t skip it.
Sink your teeth into one of these warm donuts and all your Pumpkin-spiced dreams will be coming true.
Pumpkin Spiced Donuts {Vegan}
Ingredients
For the donuts
- 2 tbsp coconut oil melted
- 3 tbsp unsweetened non-dairy milk I used oat
- 2 tbsp aquafaba
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 1/3 cup pumpkin or squash puree
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 1/4 all purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground cloves
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp ground cardamom
For the coating
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 tbsp vegan butter melted
Instructions
- In your stand mixer with the paddle attachment, combine the coconut oil, non-dairy milk, aquafaba, maple syrup, pumpkin and vanilla. Beat on medium until blended, 3 minutes. Add brown sugar and beat for another few minutes.
- In a medium bowl, combine the dry ingredients. With the mixer on its lowest setting, slowly add the dry mixture to the wet, a little at a time, until it's all incorporated. Stop the mixer, scrape down the sides and mix again.
- Scoop the mixture into a piping bag or a large zip-top bag, and close it up. Smush all the batter down into one corner of the bag (I use my bench scraper for this), and snip off the corner of the bag.
- Spray your donut pans with oil, or use a pastry brush to grease them. Pipe the donut batter into the pans, then bake at 350 degrees for about 10-12 minutes, until the tops are firm.
- Allow them to set up and cool in the pan for a few minutes, then run a small offset spatula around the edges of the donuts and pop them out onto a cooling rack.
- Meanwhile, combine the sugar and cinnamon in a flat-bottomed bowl. Brush each of the donuts with melted vegan butter on both sides, then drop them into the cinnamon sugar. Flip to coat. Transfer to a wire rack, and repeat for the remaining donuts.