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Easy Pumpkin Doughnuts with Cream Cheese Glaze

This Pumpkin Doughnuts recipe is so easy with just 4 ingredients! Canned pumpkin is added yellow cake mix to make these fall donuts. 

Heat up cream cheese frosting in the microwave, and you have an instant glaze. So easy!

Easy Pumpkin Doughnuts with Cream Cheese Glaze

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Pumpkin Doughnuts Ingredients

To make this pumpkin pastry recipe, you will need the following ingredients (see the recipe card below for exact amounts):

  • box yellow cake mix
  • eggs
  • salted butter
  • pumpkin puree
  • cream cheese frosting
Pumpkin Donut Recipe

Special Tools Needed to Make Donuts

Piping Bag – You will need a big piping tip in order to get the dough out.
Donut Pan – These doughnut pans make it so easy to bake donuts in the oven instead of frying.

How to Make Pumpkin Donuts

  1. Add your cake mix, eggs, pumpkin puree, and melted butter to a large mixing bowl. Mix until smooth and well combined. Place mixture into your piping bag, grease your donut tin, and fill each donut tin with batter.
  2. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool.
  3. Place icing in a large microwave safe bowl. Microwave for 45 seconds until melted. Dip donuts in icing and set on a cooling rack.
  4. Serve and enjoy!
Easy Pumpkin Doughnuts

Can I Add Anything to These Donuts?

If you want to add a little flair, sprinkle a little spice on top of the glaze, such as pumpkin pie spice or ground cinnamon.

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Pumpkin Doughnuts with Cream Cheese Glaze

Pumpkin Doughnuts with Cream Cheese Glaze

Yield: 12 doughnuts
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes
Total Time: 42 minutes

This Pumpkin Doughnuts recipe is so easy with just 4 ingredients! Canned pumpkin is added yellow cake mix to make these fall donuts. 

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Add your cake mix, eggs, pumpkin puree, and melted butter to a large mixing bowl. Mix until smooth and well combined.
  3. Place mixture into your piping bag, grease your donut tin, and fill each donut tin with batter.
  4. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool.
  5. Place icing in a large microwave safe bowl. Microwave for 45 seconds until melted. Dip donuts in icing and set on a cooling rack.
  6. Serve and enjoy!

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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 249Total Fat: 8gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 60mgSodium: 383mgCarbohydrates: 41gFiber: 2gSugar: 22gProtein: 4g

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