Pumpkin Donuts with Honey Glaze
Do six donuts serve two people? Are you the judge of that? Surely you can’t be the final authority.
I like to break my donut adventures into three parts.
The first part passes by quickly, so you better keep up: I eat the first donut within the brief period of time that my body is awake but my brain has yet to tell my mouth how to form complete sentences. If I must communicate with you in order to get at that donut, you will see frantic pointing in the direction of said donut, wide eyes glaring at you with eyebrows an impossible 6” above, and fierce toe tapping. The kind of toe tapping that makes your shin muscle sore the next day. Before I’m done stumbling around the kitchen and slamming a tea pot on the stove and crinkling every tea bag wrapper so loudly that the birds stop singing outside, the donut vanishes.
The second foray in my donut adventure is the donut I eat with tea. I alternate bites with sips of hot tea so that each bite melts in my mouth. In my mind, this is the first donut. Then, come 10:30 or so, I forget what donut one and donut two tasted like. I better check again. But I don’t need a whole donut, not skinny ol’ me with a stomach the size of a pea. Like a particularly adept surgeon, I slice off part of the donut arc and pop it in my mouth. Lardon after sugary lardon, I’ve eaten a third donut. Well, at least I didn’t scarf all three down at once like a man.
So yes, half a dozen donuts serves two people.
- 1 cup flour
- ¼ cup + 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- Pinch of freshly grated nutmeg, ginger and cloves
- 3 tablespoons pumpkin puree
- 2 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon buttermilk
- 1 large egg
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 tablespoon buttermilk
- Preheat the oven to 425. Grease a donut pan with butter or shortening.
- In a medium bowl sift together the flour, brown sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and cloves.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the pumpkin puree, buttermilk, egg and melted butter. Add this to the dry ingredients and fold in with a spatula until no streaks of flour remain.
- Using a spoon, fill in each donut space almost to the top.
- Bake for 8-9 minutes, until the top springs back when you touch them. My donut pan instructions say to let the donuts rest after baking for 15 minutes in the pan.
- While the donuts cool, make the glaze by beating together the powdered sugar, honey and buttermilk. It might look like you don’t have enough glaze to frost all of the donuts, but you do. Dip each donut top into the glaze and serve.
Um, it’s more like 6 doughnuts serve one person! Forget the second! {And beautiful photo, Christina!}
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love, love, love. do you deliver?
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Would it be breaking the rules if we shared?
I SHOULDN’T HAVE ASKED.
now I’m scared.
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ohmygod. these look incredible. Now I’m salivating at my desk!
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Love, love this! Wanted to make donuts but didn’t want a huge batch!
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I think 6 donuts feeds 1 person, ME! I’ve been lusting over that WIlton pan for MONTHS, I really just need to break down and buy the stinken thing!
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3 seems like a perfect acceptable number of donuts to eat as a light snack. These look delicious!
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These look so delicious – and I love that honey glaze!!
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I am quite certain there are fewer calories using your method. GREG
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As soon as i saw that pictures of the pumpkin donuts i thought oh my – glad i do not have those in fron of me right now. I have been craving pumpkin and this just looks fabulous!
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I actually think those 6 donuts would just serve me… but who’s counting:-)
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Absolutely perfect serving for just me!
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Hi! I totally love your idea of desserts for two!
This would really save me from overeating whenever I bake something and I won’t have to be worried about leftovers!
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Christina, your writing was as delicious as your recipe! GREAT photo, great post!
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i mean, i’ll eat 6 donuts by myself…but i guess if i HAVE to share with my hubby I will
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The look scrumptious! Lovely post Christina
Have a great ….fin de semana!
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that glaze looks perfect! i do not share donuts.
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These look melt in your mouth-ish and I love the way you tally up your treats.
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You make me laugh! Sounds like I need to try one of these pumpkin “crack” (appropriate term?) donuts. Well I am running a half marathon sunday so i’d say 3 or 6 wouldn’t be so bad right?
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What a great fall treat. Love the honey glaze!
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These sound wonderful. I can taste them just by viewimg your photo
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These look CRAZY good!
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You mean I have to share those?
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Gasp, those look ah-mazing! The drippy, gooey-looking frosting is really making my mouth water. I’ve been fighting the urge to make donuts lately, and this post is not helping with the temptation!
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Bring me 5 dozen please…these look amazing!
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Oh momma! Those look amazing. Can I come over?
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These are beautiful! I generally don’t like baked doughnuts, but feel like you can’t go wrong with these!
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My homemade doughnuts never turn out that great, but I need some of these pumpkin ones!
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yummy looking doughnuts looks wonderful
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My goodness these look so good!! Love pumpkin
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I know what I’m making for breakfast tomorrow!
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And now, I need some sugary and delicious pumpkin donuts in my life. Seriously. Looks like I’ll be making some of these tomorrow.
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I don’t fault you one bit. Those donuts looks small anyway. They also look incredibly addictive and delicious. So. I would’ve done the same.
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I totally need a donut pan! Those sound like my kind of donut!
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These look amazing. I’m pinning them on my pumpkin pinterest board.
I am actually buying a donut pan tomorrow….I need to make these!
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This is the second delectable pumpkin donut post I’ve seen today…so yummy with the honey glaze!
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these are calling my name! i love donuts and pumpkin the glaze looks incredible I’m drooling over the keyboard!
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Uh, yes. Half a dozen donuts DEFINITELY serves two. Especially when they are pumpkin donuts with a honey glaze. Honey? Really? That’s just genius.
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This with a pumpkin latte from Starbucks would be a perfect pair
I will defiantly make these sometime soon. I am in love with your website <3
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I made these this morning. My husband and I really enjoyed them with our morning coffee and newspaper. I managed to save one for later. I was a little worried about the thickness of the batter, but they turned out really well.
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I made these after dinner tonight. They”re my first donuts ever. The honey glaze is the perfect touch!
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Girl, when we adopt you, I think I’ll be gaining back all the weight I lost. I need to buy that doughnut maker. These look yummy.
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