Baked Pumpkin Donuts

These delicious baked pumpkin donuts are easy to make and perfect for any time of year. The pumpkin makes these a little healthy, right?! They definitely fit for a WW-friendly breakfast any time of the week!

It’s not difficult to make baked donuts. They’re actually easier than you might think and they’re fun to make AND eat.

If you have kids at home, these baked pumpkin donuts are a great treat that they can help make. These donuts also have the added benefit of being on the healthier side so you don’t have to feel guilty about serving them up for a snack, breakfast on the go, and an anytime dessert.

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If you’ve never made homemade donuts you are missing out! It’s really simple and the end result is a delicious treat that you can feel good about enjoying.

For those of you on the Weight Watchers program you can feel good about enjoying these donuts as well, more on that below!

Do you have to let baked donuts rise?

Nope, these donuts don’t require any special preparation. You’ll see that in just a few simple steps you can create homemade baked pumpkin donuts with little to no effort.

Some baked goods and especially things like bread, bagels, and even donuts can need time to rise. That’s not the case with this quick baked donut recipe.

We’re not frying these donuts so you really don’t have to worry much about the extra steps involved in a traditional donut recipe.

Can I make these donuts with other flavors?

This particular recipe uses the pumpkin to add moisture, flavor, and a little bit of added nutrition so in this case the recipe really only works as a pumpkin flavor.

That being said, donuts, and especially baked donuts are really easy to make in different flavors. Be sure to try Baked Bisquick Donuts, Baked Strawberry Donuts Recipe or even goofy recipes like Weight Watchers Mac and Cheese Donuts!

What do I need to make baked donuts at home?

For these baked donuts and their topping you will need flour, baking soda, baking powder, eggs, salt, pumpkin spice, butter, brown sugar, white sugar, pumpkin puree, heavy cream, vanilla, and cooking spray. 

I’ve never tried to make these particular donuts gluten free but a good 1 to 1 baking mix could be substituted and it would work out pretty well I think. Definitely let us know in the comments below if you do that!

Don’t forget that you can find the full amounts, step by step instructions, nutritional estimates, and more in the recipe card at the bottom of the post. It’s a helpful resource that you can also keep on hand while preparing the donuts, everything prints on one easy sheet!

Here are some kitchen essentials that I like to have on hand when making recipes like this:

Making tasty treats is a breeze with these kitchen essentials. Keeping things like this on hand makes my life so much easier in the kitchen.

Some things that are great to have on hand when prepping recipes like this is a cutting board, sharp knives, and storage containers.

You can also benefit from baking pans, a kitchen scale, measuring cups, and these mixing bowls!!

How to make baked pumpkin donuts:

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. 

Spray nonstick cooking spray into the wells of a donut pan.

In a mixing bowl combine softened butter and both brown and white sugar.

Cream together for 1 minute.

Add eggs, pumpkin puree and heavy cream and mix until smooth. 

Add in vanilla and stir for a few seconds.

In a second mixing bowl, combine flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda and pumpkin spice. Stir together until well mixed.

Begin adding the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, stirring as you add. Mix until everything is well blended.

With a small spoon, carefully spoon the batter into the wells of the donut pan, filling ⅔ full. You could also transfer the batter to a piping bag, and fill the wells of the pan, if you prefer.

Place the donut pans onto a cookie sheet, and bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Test with your finger for doneness. If you press into the donut lightly, the dough should bounce back. If your finger imprint stays, bake for a few more moments. 

Allow to cool for about 5 minutes, in the donut pans before transferring to a wire rack. 

When all of the donuts are on the wire rack, brush melted butter over the tops of the donuts and then sprinkle the brown sugar and pumpkin spice mixture over top. 

This donut makes about 18 donuts, or 36 if you use a mini donut pan.

Can I have this recipe on Weight Watchers?

Weight Watchers newest program, Personal Points, caters a plan to each individual. Their plan is still relatively the same in that you can eat anything you like you just need to track it and stay without your points ranges for the day / week.

Now that the plan is different for each and every individual there’s not really a way for us to provide the points for you. We recommend that you use the recipe creator on the app or the website to create the recipe based on the ingredients / brands you use and then you’ll know for sure how to track this recipe for your Personal Points plan!

Need more delicious recipes to try?

Here are some other recipes that we think you will enjoy. There’s some other tasty donuts, and some easy pumpkin recipes that you won’t want to miss out on!

• Dinner in a Pumpkin Recipe
• Easy Weight Watchers Pumpkin Muffins
• Weight Watchers Pumpkin Pancake Recipe
• Weight Watchers Pumpkin Fluff
• The Most Delicious Weight Watchers Mac and Cheese Donuts
• Baked Strawberry Donuts Recipe

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