Delicious Cinnamony Baked Pumpkin Donuts
Delicious Baked Donuts with Fall Flavours
Look at the inside of this pumpkin donut, isn´t it just screeeaming with softness? These pumpkin donuts are so soft, just like little pieces of clouds. They were so soft that I had to test a couple of times pressing the donut together and then wait for it to bounce back. It was just like magic :)
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It was pumpkin season, and man I feel so bad writing it was, because I absolutely love pumpkin and cannot wait for next year when this gorgeous vegetable will be back. I decided to get creative and try sweet recipes with pumpkin. So I took my baked banana donuts recipe, changed a couple of things in it and et voila, these delicious cinnamony baked pumpkin donuts were born.
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The smell of these freshly baked donuts is so warm and so cinnamony, it fills the house with such a wonderful holiday mood. And to those thinking "YUK, pumpkin in a donut, why, why??", I would just like to say that you don´t taste the pumpkin is the same way in the donuts as it tastes in some other dishes. To be honest, when I asked my family and friends who tried these, they had no clue it had pumpkin and also said it didn´t taste like pumpkin at all.
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Happy Baking Lovelies!
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Step by Step Video
RECIPE
Cinnamony Baked Pumpkin Donuts
Delicious Baked Donuts with Fall Flavours
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2 eggs
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150g sugar
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2tbsp (30g) melted butter
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150g pumpkin puree
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120ml kefir
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250g flour
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2 tsp baking powder
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1 tsp cinnamon
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pinch of salt
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some royal icing for decoration (recipe link on website)
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crushed hazelnuts for decoration
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DIRECTIONS
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In a medium bowl whisk the eggs shortly with a fork.
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Add sugar and whisk again just until combined.
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Add the melted and cooled butter while mixing.
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Then add the pumpkin puree and mix well until combined.
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Pour in the kefir and mix shortly.
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Combine all dry ingredients and slowly add them to the wet ingredients. Mix well until combined. Be careful not to over mix.
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Butter two donut pans, transfer the batter into a piping bag for a less messy result, and pipe the batter into the donut form 2/3 full.
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Bake the donuts in 220°C in the middle shelf of the oven for 10-12 minutes or until the donuts start to get golden from the top.
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Remove from the oven and allow to cool for a couple of minutes. Then remove the donuts from the donut pan and allow to cool completely on a cooling rack.
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Decorate with some royal icing and crushed hazelnuts.
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