Baked Pumpkin Donuts -Gluten Free (GF)

Don’t you just love the feeling of Fall?  What wonderful colors the season brings, the crispness in the air, and smell of spices in so many baked goods.  As we explained a while back, we are experimenting more and more in our baking with gluten free recipes for those family members who cannot have any gluten in their diets.  But just because the gluten needs to be removed doesn’t mean the flavor or the fun needs to be taken out.
The weekend is coming.  Whether you eat gluten free or not, these are doggone good!

GF Baked Pumpkin Donuts
(adapted from King Arthur Flour recipe)

1/4 cup vegetable oil
4 large eggs
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 1/2 cups pumpkin purée (canned pumpkin)
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 heaping teaspoon each ground nutmeg and ground ginger
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 3/4 cups + 2 tablespoons gluten free all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon xanthan gum

Coating
1/2 stick melted butter
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon
Mix the sugar and cinnamon well together

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease two standard donut pans or mini donut pans according to your preference. (You can find donut pans from Amazon by clicking on the red wording or frequently they can be found very inexpensively at Home Goods or Marshals.)

In a large mixing bowl, beat together the oil, eggs, sugar, pumpkin, spices, salt, and baking powder until smooth.
Whisk in the flour and xanthan gum until smooth.
Fill the wells of the doughnut pans about 3/4 full.  We find it is easiest to put the batter in a piping bag (or zip lock bag with the corner snipped) and pipe the batter in a ring around each opening of the donut pan.  This makes it much easier to control how much batter goes into each opening and also makes a more rounded shape to your donut.
Bake the doughnuts for 15 to 17 minutes for large donuts and 8-10 minutes for the mini donuts.

Turn out of the pan when done and allow to cool until they are able to be held without burning your fingers.  Brush the tops of the donuts with melted butter and dip into the cinnamon sugar.  Place on a rack to cool.  Cover lightly and these will keep for a couple of days….but let’s face it, they probably won’t be around that long.

Give these a try.  Your weekend will feel like Fall no matter what the weather is.

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