Baked Pumpkin Donuts

My son keeps seeing the Tim Horton's commercial featuring all of their seasonal pumpkin-inspired treats. Every time it comes on, he tilts his head back, drools slightly and murmurs (disturbingly like Homer Simpson) "mmm... pumpkin donuts...". So what did I do? I baked him some mini pumpkin donuts, of course!

I had leftover pumpkin puree from all the pumpkin pies I baked for Thanksgiving. That recipe I will also post for you because, quite frankly, they're the best pumpkin pies you'll ever bake. Every year I get more and more requests for it, it's just that good. But, you'll have to wait a little longer for that one and enjoy these donuts first.

Anyhow, I had leftover puree and only one egg and no 'bakery emulsion', so I had to improvise a little, but I think the end result was quite delicious. You can make mini donuts like I did, or regular size, depending on the type of pan you have available.

Makes 36 mini donuts

INGREDIENTS
(for the donut batter)
2 cups flour
1-1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp ginger
1/2 tsp cardamom
1-1/4 tsp nutmeg
2-1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup golden sugar, packed
1/4 cup demerara sugar, packed
1 cup pure pumpkin puree
1 egg
1 small banana, mashed
2 tbsp milk
1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
1 tsp coconut oil, melted

INGREDIENTS
(for the frosting)
1 cup powdered sugar
2 tbsp milk
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg

DIRECTIONS
(for the batter)
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees & grease donut pan
2. In a smallish bowl, mix together dry ingredients.
3. In a large bowl, mix together the wet ingredients.
4. Add the dry to the wet and stir to incorporate well.
5. Spoon batter into donut pan (with a flat surface, they will rise and become rounded)
6. Bake for about 8-10 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack to prepare for frosting.

DIRECTIONS
(for the frosting)
1. Thoroughly mix together all ingredients until smooth.

Dip each donut into the frosting once it has cooled (they don't take long). Allow frosting to set, if you can keep your family (or yourself) away from them for that long.

Enjoy!

Recipe adapted (ever so slightly) from deliciouslysprinkled.com. This link will open a new page directly to her recipe - she's got great pictures of the process, including the dough in the pan before baking, just in case I wasn't entirely clear about the whole 'flat surface' thing.