Saturday, November 10, 2012

Pumpkin Doughnut Muffins

It’s that time of year. I can’t look at a pumpkin recipe and just go on about my day. I have to stop and try almost everything I see that’s made with pumpkin. It can’t be helped. The other day I happened upon a slideshow of pumpkin recipes on the Martha site, and when I saw these Pumpkin Doughnut Muffins, I could not resist. I had some pumpkin puree on hand after making the Pumpkin Roulade, so there was really no reason not to go ahead and make the muffins. They’re cakey and tender with the pumpkin puree and butter, and the spices give them that lovely pumpkin pie flavor. When they come out of the oven and have cooled a bit, they’re brushed with melted butter and rolled in cinnamon sugar. They would be perfect for breakfast on Thanksgiving morning or every morning for the rest of pumpkin season.

To start, the dry ingredients were sifted together, and those included flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, and allspice. I added cinnamon as well. In a separate bowl, buttermilk and pumpkin puree were whisked. In the bowl of a stand mixer, butter was creamed with light brown sugar, and two eggs were added. Then, the dry ingredients were mixed into the butter in three stages alternating with the buttermilk mixture. The batter was spooned into buttered muffin tin cups. You don’t want to use muffin tin liners here since the baked muffins will be coated with butter and cinnamon sugar. The muffins baked for about 30 minutes. After cooling for about ten minutes, each muffin was brushed with melted butter and then rolled in cinnamon sugar.

Pumpkin puree seems to work some kind of magic on the texture and flavor of whatever it’s mixed into, and the resulting cake, bread, or muffin always lasts well too. I’ve come to believe that baked goods with pumpkin cannot possibly be bad. Do you have a favorite pumpkin recipe I should try next?


22 comments:

  1. Wonderful doughnut muffins! What a great idea.

    Cheers,

    Rosa

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  2. These are adorably delicious :)

    Cheers
    Choc Chip Uru

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  3. How easy (and delicious looking) are these? They look like a pumpkin mountain ready for mah mouth!

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  4. What perfect little morsels! I've just arrived in America (Hawaii) and I'm so impressed by the number of pumpkin things on offer! :)

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  5. What a magnificent start to a fall morning! Just irresistible little gems of pumpkin!

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  6. Soo yummy!! I keep meaning to make donuts again. These would be perfect for Thanksgiving I'm thinking :)

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  7. these look amazing!!! i would have assumed you needed to fry them but they look simple. i may be trying this :)

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  8. These look amazing. And I'm constantly amazed at the versatility of the pumpkin xx

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  9. I'm like you Lisa, I can't get away from all of the pumpkin recipes that are being shared everywhere right now . . . and these muffins look so awesome. Great photography too Lisa! I'm sure they were grabbed and eaten very quickly!

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  10. whoever first created those donut muffins deserves an award--they're great. these are particularly seasonal and positively delightful!

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  11. Oh... Pumpkin doughnut muffins! They look so light and delicious! Perfect for the post-thanksgiving breakfast.
    By the way, my favorite pumpkin recipe has to be the pumpkin cupcake with cream cheese. As you said, the pumpkin puree seems to be magical to keep the cupcakes very moist.

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  12. Sadly, I don't try enough pumpkn recipes. I have the exact opposite problem- I see all those pumpkin recipes and get overwhelmed. But this one? Pumpkin and doughnut sounds like an amazing combo!

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  13. Oh dear, I hadn't seen these 'duffins' made with pumpkin before; they would be wonderful for breakfast, snack time, any time!

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  14. Oh Lisa! These look so good...pumpkin donut muffins...very creative...again!
    Hope you are having a great week :)

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  15. I am drooling over these. I love donut muffins to begin with. Bur throw in some pumpkin and I'm a goner. ;)

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  16. You just made me want to eat those donut muffins and I am not a donut or muffin fan to start with. :)

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