10/10/2026
🎃✨ BAKED PUMPKIN PIE CINNAMON SUGAR DONUT HOLES
Soft pumpkin centers coated in buttery cinnamon sugar!
🍩 YIELD: 24 mini bites
⏱️ PREP: About 10 minutes
🔥 BAKE: 11–14 minutes, plus cooling and coating
🛒 DONUT HOLES
🌾 2 cups all-purpose flour
✨ 2 tsp baking powder
🎃 1½ tsp pumpkin pie spice
🍂 ½ tsp ground cinnamon
🧂 ½ tsp salt
🤎 ½ cup packed light brown sugar
🤍 ¼ cup granulated sugar
🎃 ½ cup pure pumpkin purée
🥛 ½ cup whole milk
🥚 1 large egg
🧈 ¼ cup unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled
🌼 1 tsp vanilla extract
🍂 CINNAMON-SUGAR COATING
🧈 6 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
🤍 ¾ cup granulated sugar
🍂 2 tsp ground cinnamon
🎃 ½ tsp pumpkin pie spice
👩🍳 INSTRUCTIONS
1️⃣ Preheat the oven to 350°F / 175°C.
2️⃣ Lightly grease a suitable 24-well mini muffin pan.
3️⃣ In one bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, and salt.
4️⃣ In a second bowl, whisk together the pumpkin purée, milk, egg, melted butter, vanilla, brown sugar, and granulated sugar.
5️⃣ Add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture.
6️⃣ Fold gently just until combined. Don’t overmix.
7️⃣ Divide the batter evenly among all 24 mini muffin wells, leaving room for the bites to rise.
8️⃣ Bake for 11–14 minutes.
9️⃣ Check that the centers are cooked through and a tester comes out without wet batter. Add a little more baking time if your pan or oven needs it.
🔟 Let the donut holes rest briefly, then transfer them to a cooling rack until cool enough to handle.
🍂 FOR THE COATING
1️⃣1️⃣ Mix the granulated sugar, cinnamon, and pumpkin pie spice in a shallow bowl.
1️⃣2️⃣ Dip each warm donut bite lightly in the separate melted butter.
1️⃣3️⃣ Roll immediately in the cinnamon-sugar mixture until evenly coated.
1️⃣4️⃣ Repeat with all 24 bites and enjoy. 🎃✨
💡 TEXTURE TIP: Fold the batter only until the flour disappears. Overmixing can make the centers denser instead of soft and tender.
🎃 PUMPKIN TIP: Use pure pumpkin purée, not pumpkin pie filling.
🍩 BAKING TIP: Mini muffin pans and ovens vary, so use the 11–14 minute range as a guide and check the centers before removing them.
📌 NOTE: This specific recipe contains both brown sugar and granulated sugar.
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