Tasty Tuesday: Pumpkin Donuts

Who doesn't love donuts? and who doesn't love pumpkin? I have the best of both worlds today with a super easy pumpkin donuts hole recipe. The best part is that these little babies are baked not fried so you can feel even better about having a few! They are the perfect fall treat! Made them for our tailgate this last weekend and they were a hit!

For the Donuts:

• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 
• 1/2 teaspoon allspice
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves 
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup brown sugar 
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla
• 3/4 pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie filling)
• 1/2 cup low fat milk

For the Coating

• 1 stick of unsalted butter, melted
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons of cinnamon 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 24 cup mini muffin tin with spray.

In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking power, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and cloves. In a separate large bowl, combine oil, brown sugar, egg, vanilla, pumpkin and milk until smooth. Add dry ingredients and stir until just combined. Do not over mix the batter.

Divide into muffin tin. You will have enough batter to do a few more after the first batch. Bake for 10-12 min or until it passes the toothpick test. 

Remove from oven and allow to cool for a couple of minutes. Melt butter in one bow l and combine sugar and cinnamon in another bowl. Dip each muffin into the butter then into the sugar mixtures. Repeat. Serve immediately. 

**I was quite generous in my spices the second time around and i did like what it did to things. 

part of my tailgate treats this last weekend! 

Hope you have a simply tasty tuesday! 

ps. you do not want to miss tomorrow's edition of wedding Wednesday  i may or may not have pictures for the wedding i did back in august! 

tasty tuesday's

time for some tasty tuesday fun! 

it saddens  me that i no longer have a lot of time for baking. i used to bake almost weekly but with life being so busy i'm lucky to bake unless it's for a dinner party. but last week i had the urge to bake and wanted to find something not to horribly fattening but still delicious. so i grabbed my Pretty Delicious cookbook by Candice Kumai and found this amazing recipe for Banana Chocolate Chip-Oat Cookies. and let me tell you these are some amazing cookies! i already have plans to make them again in the very near future. They were so nice and moist and super easy to make. and the best part, they aren't totally to horrible for you. makes having the cookie a little less guilty. except be carful they are a little addicting. here is the recipe for you!

Gone Banans Chocolate Chip- Oat Cookies: 

preheat the oven to 350

3/4 cup flour

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons of unsalted butter

1 cup packed light brown sugar

1 large egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 cup mashed banana

2 cups quick oats

1 cup semisweet chocolate chips 

cream butter and brown sugar on medium until creamy. Add the egg and vanilla and beat to combine. Mix in ashed banana and 1/4 cup of water. Add flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt. Add the oats and chocolate chips and mix briefly. chill the cookie dough for 15 min. (this is a step you don't want to skip)

line baking sheet with foil and coat lightly with cooking spray. Use a tablespoon to scoop out balls and bake for 10 minutes.

Hope you enjoy them as much as I did! 

Have a simply tasty tuesday!