This post for Vegan Cinnamon Sugar Coated Baked Pumpkin Donuts was originally published back in 2016! Wow how time flies, With real life being so busy at the moment with work and university I haven’t gotten around to posting up any of the new recipes I have in the bag. To help tie you over till then I thought I would re-share these autumnal delights.
Is everyone enjoying the first flurries of Fall? Are you all fed up with pumpkin treats yet? Or are you like me and can never get enough of them? I love pumpkin season with a passion. It’s such a great ingredient to bake with, adding texture, flavour and substance to a bake. Especially a vegan bake, just like these Vegan Cinnamon Sugar Coated Baked Pumpkin Donuts that I am sharing with you today.
Light, fluffy and actually pretty healthy. I’m not going to be making any claims these are a health food and therefore eat as many as you like. But they are baked and if you leave off the coating the sugar content is actually pretty low.
Cinnamon Sugar
But seriously, tell me where is the fun in that? The cinnamon sugar coating in these vegan cinnamon sugar coated baked pumpkin donuts is awesome and adds a lovely little warming spicy crunch to every bite, try not licking your lips while eating one of these bad boys! Traditionally you would get the coating to stick using melted butter, but to keep these donuts vegan I used some melted coconut oil as it has a pleasant flavour. But any plant-based spread or fat should work in its place if you are not a fan of coconut oil.
Spicy Goodness
We are packing some serious spicy goodness into these vegan cinnamon sugar coated baked pumpkin donuts. A combination of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, allspice and cloves make up the spice mix or if you are lucky enough to live in a country which sells pumpkin pie spice already made up then you can use that instead. Or, if you fancy trying your hand at making your own then I have a super simple recipe to follow for homemade pumpkin pie spice. Whichever way these donuts will fulfil all your sweet spicy wishes.
Then added to that we have our cinnamon sugar coating!
Pumpkin & Almond Milk
Then we have the star of our Fall treat, pumpkin. Flavourful, not too sweet and definitely robust. Which is great for a vegan treat that has no traditional fat in it to help with the structure of the crumb. We use vegetable oil to help keep the crumb tender but it doesn’t do much for structure. The pumpkin really helps in this department as you can see from the image below.
Unsweetened almond milk helps to keep these vegan cinnamon sugar coated baked pumpkin donuts completely vegan. You can use any plant-based milk you prefer instead, but try and keep it unsweetened as we want to keep the sugar down to a minimum and keep the pumpkin and cinnamon the real stars here. So tell me, what are you waiting for? Grab those donut pans and get baking.
Vegan Cinnamon Sugar Coated Baked Pumpkin Donuts
Ingredients
Donuts
- 5 tablespoons dark brown sugar
- 6 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 3 and 1/2 tablespoons unsweetened almond milk
- 6 tablespoons pumpkin purée
- 125 grams plain / all purpose flour (1 cup)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon * See notes about spices
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
Coating
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil – melted
Instructions
- Lightly grease a 6 hole donut pan with vegan friendly oil/spread and place to one side.
- Preheat you oven to 180C/350F/Gas mark 4.
- In a medium sized bowl add in the sugar, vegetable oil, almond milk and pumpkin puree. Mix everything until very well combined.
- In another medium sized bowl add in the flour, baking powder and spices and whisk everything gently together.
- Pour the dry into the wet and with a gentle hand mix together.
- Spoon the mixture into your donut pan and pop it in your hot oven and bake for 15-17 minutes. They should have a lovely dark caramel colour to them.
- Once baked through, take the pan out of the oven and allow them to cool for 5 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to fully cool down.
- If you want to coat them, on a small plate combine the sugar and cinnamon.
- Melt the coconut oil in the microwave for 30 seconds and then brush a thin layer on the donuts then dip to cover the donuts in cinnamon sugar.
- Repeat until all the donuts are covered. Should your coconut oil start to harden just pop it back in the microwave for 10 seconds.
- Kept in an airtight tin these donuts should last for 5 days. If you want to freeze them place them in the freezer before you coat them in the cinnamon sugar and use within 2 months.
Notes
- All these spices equate to 2 teaspoons of pumpkin pie spice. If you have that on hand then feel free to use it instead of all the individual spices.
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These look SO good! I’d love one now with a hot cup of coffee, love anything with cinnamon.
Thank you, Caroline.
OMG this looks insanely good. I need to try 😀
Thank you, I am sure you will love them.
Donuts! Who can resist them? I sure can’t, and the flavors of these look SO enticing. Thanks!
I know I find them hard to resist.
Love this combination at this time of year, Emma. The doughnuts look wonderful and I am glad to see they are baked!
I love baked donuts, David. All the pleasure with only a little of the guilt!
Oh my word! I can’t even tell you how good these look! Way better than any donut you can get at the cider mill.
Thank you, I take that as a great compliment.
Looks sweet and tasty, love sugar it’s an energy booster, thanks for sharing this, the kids will love these!
Hi Paul, I hope the kids enjoyed them.
What do you mean I can’t eat as much as I like using the excuse it’s healthy :)? These look amazing and the ingredient list is refreshingly simple. The coconut oil is a nice alternative to butter, will have to give this a go for the holidays!
Thanks Marie, I am sure you will love them. Even if you can only have one or two or three! 😉
Mmmm, these baked donuts look divine, Emma. Love the fact that you used almond milk. My daughter is a BIG donut fan, and I am sure she will enjoy these beauties. Lovely share, Emma.
Thank you Anu, I love baking with almond milk and drink it almost exlusivley its got such a lovely flavour 🙂
Wish I could grab some right now. Looks amazing!
Thank you Kushi 🙂
Oh my gosh, I would love a few of these yummy fall donuts with my tea right now! That cinnamon sugar coating looks SO good! Love that they’re vegan!
Thanks Kelly 🙂
They look so inviting with that cinnamon sugar coating!
Hi Angie, thank you 😀