Easy Pumpkin Doughnuts with Cream Cheese Glaze

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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!

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

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!

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.

More Delicious Pumpkin Recipes

• Pumpkin Spice Cinnamon Rolls
• Pumpkin Pie Dip
• Pumpkin Snickerdoodles
• Pumpkin Muffins
• No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake

Pumpkin Doughnuts with Cream Cheese Glaze

Author: Emily Pecoraro

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

5 from 1 vote

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Prep Time 30 minutes mins

Cook Time 12 minutes mins

Total Time 42 minutes mins

Course Desserts

Cuisine American

Servings 12

Calories 388 kcal

Equipment

• OXO Good Grips 3-piece Mixing Bowl Set
• Doughnut Tin

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 1 box yellow cake mix
• ▢ 3 eggs
• ▢ ⅓ cup salted butter melted
• ▢ 15 oz pumpkin puree
• ▢ 1 tub cream cheese frosting

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 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.
• Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool.
• Place icing in a large microwave safe bowl. Microwave for 45 seconds until melted. Dip donuts in icing and set on a cooling rack.
• Serve and enjoy!

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Nutrition

Serving: 1Calories: 388kcalCarbohydrates: 64gProtein: 3gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 54mgSodium: 444mgPotassium: 123mgFiber: 2gSugar: 44gVitamin A: 5732IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 109mgIron: 2mg

The nutrition information is calculated using online nutrition calculators and may not be accurate. It is provided as a general guide only.

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