Pumpkin Donut Holes – Damn Delicious

The most irresistible mini pumpkin muffins smothered in cinnamon sugar goodness! Perfect for breakfast, lunch + dinner!

Pumpkin Donut Holes - The most irresistible mini pumpkin muffins smothered in cinnamon sugar goodness! Perfect for breakfast, lunch + dinner!

Can you have these for breakfast? Yes. For lunch? Yes. For dinner? Yes, yes, yes.

You can have these bad boys for all the meals.

Pumpkin Donut Holes - The most irresistible mini pumpkin muffins smothered in cinnamon sugar goodness! Perfect for breakfast, lunch + dinner!

They are incredibly moist and fluffy with just enough sweetness to balance out with the cinnamon sugar outer layer.

But be careful, their bite-sizedness make these donuts VERY dangerous.

Pumpkin Donut Holes - The most irresistible mini pumpkin muffins smothered in cinnamon sugar goodness! Perfect for breakfast, lunch + dinner!

Pumpkin Donut Holes

The most irresistible mini pumpkin muffins smothered in cinnamon sugar goodness! Perfect for breakfast, lunch + dinner!

Pumpkin Donut Holes

20 minutes15 minutes

Chungah Rhee

Ingredients:

  • 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 cup pumpkin puree
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup canola oil
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

For the cinnamon sugar topping

  • 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly oil a mini muffin pan or coat with nonstick spray.
  2. In a large bowl, combine flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, cloves, baking powder and salt.
  3. In a large glass measuring cup or another bowl, whisk together pumpkin puree, milk, brown sugar, canola oil, egg and vanilla.
  4. Pour mixture over dry ingredients and stir using a rubber spatula just until moist.
  5. Scoop the batter evenly into the muffin tray.
  6. Place into oven and bake for 10-12 minutes, or until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
  7. To make the cinnamon sugar, combine cinnamon and sugar.
  8. When the muffins are done, cool for 2 minutes and dip each muffin into the melted butter and then into the cinnamon-sugar mixture.
  9. Let cool on a wire rack.