Pumpkin Buttermilk Doughnuts Recipes

BUTTERMILK DOUGHNUTS

Steps:

• Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Whisk buttermilk, white sugar, and eggs together in a bowl. Mix flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon together in another bowl. Stir buttermilk mixture into flour mixture until combined; add butter and knead until a soft dough forms.
• Turn out dough onto a lightly floured work surface and roll to 1/4-inch thick. Cut dough into doughnut shapes using a 2 1/2-inch doughnut cutter.
• Beat confectioners' sugar, margarine, and vanilla extract together in a bowl until smooth. Gradually add milk, stirring constantly, until desired glaze-consistency is reached.
• Working in batches, cook doughnuts in hot oil until golden brown, about 1 minute per side. Transfer cooked doughnuts to a paper-towel lined plate to drain. Dip hot doughnuts into glaze to coat.

BAKED PUMPKIN BUTTERMILK DONUTS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F Lightly grease or spray a non-stick 6 count doughnut pan. Whisk together the dry ingredients in a large bowl. In a small bowl, whisk the sugar, egg, pumpkin, buttermilk and vanilla. Add the wet ingredients to the dry and stir until just combined. Fill the pan three-quarters full in each well. Lightly sprinkle the tops with brown sugar. Bake for 11-12 minutes, until golden and an inserted toothpick comes out dry. Let cool for 5 minutes before turning out onto a cooling rack.
• Recipe can easily be doubled. I baked for 12 minutes, but, depending on your stove temp, these might be better cooked for 10 minutes.

BAKED BUTTERMILK PUMPKIN DOUGHNUTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray 2 standard-size, 6-well (3 1/2-inch) doughnut pans with cooking spray.
• Stir together flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl. Whisk together brown sugar, butter, oil, buttermilk, whole egg, egg yolk, pumpkin puree, and vanilla in a large bowl until smooth. Add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture, stirring just until no streaks of flour remain.
• Spoon mixture into prepared doughnut pans (they'll be quite full), and bake until tops spring back when lightly pressed, 15 to 18 minutes. Remove doughnuts from pans and transfer to a wire rack to cool while you prepare glaze.
• Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat just until it begins to brown, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat and whisk in brown sugar, cream, and maple syrup. Return pan to low heat and cook until bubbly, about 30 seconds. Remove from heat and whisk in powdered sugar and vanilla until smooth.
• Spread about 4 teaspoons of glaze over top of each doughnut, then immediately sprinkle with pecans (if using). Let stand until glaze is set, about 15 minutes.

BAKED PUMPKIN DOUGHNUTS

Steps:

• For the doughnuts: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Whisk the flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder and salt together in a medium bowl.
• Beat the pumpkin puree, sugar, vegetable oil, butter, vanilla and eggs and together in another large bowl until smooth.
• Add the flour mixture to the pumpkin mixture and beat until just combined.
• Fill three 6-cup nonstick doughnut pans with the batter so that each mold is almost full. Smooth the tops with a moistened finger.
• Bake the doughnuts until a wooden pick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 15 minutes. Invert the doughnuts onto a cooling rack.
• For the topping: Stir the sugar and cinnamon together in a shallow bowl. Working one at a time, brush the doughnuts all over with butter, then dip them in the cinnamon sugar to coat. Serve warm or at room temperature.

PUMPKIN BUTTERMILK DOUGHNUTS

Steps:

• Resift flour with baking powder, soda, salt, cinnamon and ginger into medium bowl.
• Cream butter in large bowl until fluffy.
• Gradually add ¾ cup sugar and beat until fluffy, about 6 minutes.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Beat in ¼ cup dry ingredients.
• Add pumpkin and buttermilk and mix until thoroughly combined.
• Add remaining dry ingredients and stir until just blended (dough will be slightly sticky).
• Cover and refrigerate atleast 3 hours or overnight.
• Combine brown sugar and ½ cup sugar in paper bag; set aside.
• Roll dough out on lightly-floured surface to thickness of ¼ to 1/3 inch.
• Using lightly-floured 3 ½ inch round doughnut cutter, cut out doughnuts and holes.
• Transfer to floured board as they are cut.
• Gather up scraps and repeat.
• Let stand 10 minutes.
• Heat 4 inches oil in deep fryer to 360F.
• Add ¼ of doughnuts and holes and cook until golden-brown, turning once, about 5 minutes.
• Transfer to paper towels using slotted spoon and drain 3 minutes.
• Immediately transfer to paper bag with sugar and shake to coat.
• Arrange on racks.
• Repeat until all doughnuts have been fried and coated with sugar.
• Can be prepared 1 day ahead.
• Store airtight.

MAPLE GLAZED PUMPKIN BUTTERMILK DOUGHNUTS (GF)

Steps:

• FOR THE DOUGHNUTS:
• Place the oat flour, millet flour, sweet rice flour, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, nutmeg, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl and whisk together. Set aside.
• In another mixing bowl, whisk together the egg, buttermilk, pumpkin puree, coconut palm sugar, and maple syrup until smooth.
• Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix together with a spoon until a thick dough forms. NOTE: this dough will be slightly soft and sticky.
• Dust your work surface generously with oat flour. Place the dough on the floured surface. Dusting your hands well with flour, press the dough down to flatten a bit. Dust the top of the dough generously with oat flour and roll out gently to about a ½"-3/4" thickness. Cut rings out of the dough using a well floured doughnut cutter. My cutter was about 2½" in diameter.
• Heat about 3" of cooking oil in a large pot to 350 degrees (a candy thermometer works great for this). Fry the doughnuts and holes, 3-4 at a time until golden brown and puffed on the outside. Each doughnut should take roughly 2-3 minutes to cook. Check to make sure doughnuts are cooked thoroughly on the insides and fry for a longer amount of time, if needed.
• Drain the fried doughnuts on a paper towel. When the doughnuts have cooled, dip the tops in the maple glaze and place on a wire rack to set.
• Best eaten the same day cooked.
• FOR THE GLAZE:
• Place the confectioners sugar and maple syrup in a mixing bowl and whisk together. Whisk in water, 1 tablespoon at a time, until the glaze is smooth and runny, yet thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. Use to glaze doughnuts.