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Mini Buttermilk Pumpkin Pie Spice Donuts with Brown Butter Vanilla Glaze

Julie Deily · 24 Comments

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Mini Buttermilk Pumpkin Pie Spice Donuts from thelittlekitchen.net

I have a confession to make, I'm not a huge fan of pumpkin. I feel like I'm the only one on the planet that feels this way. But honestly, I'm opening up more and more to it because I recently had pumpkin ravioli at a restaurant and fell in love. I'm going to try my hand at creating that recipe ASAP! As for these donuts…there is no pumpkin in them!

Mini Buttermilk Pumpkin Pie Spice Donuts from thelittlekitchen.net

But they do use McCormick® pumpkin pie spice! I love spice cakes so these are pretty much like them but in a mini donut version instead.

Mini Buttermilk Pumpkin Pie Spice Donuts from thelittlekitchen.net

I love these mini donut pans that I bought a couple of years ago. Spray them with baking spray before you get started.

Mini Buttermilk Pumpkin Pie Spice Donuts from thelittlekitchen.net

After cutting the butter into the flour mixture, add the wet ingredients.

Mini Buttermilk Pumpkin Pie Spice Donuts from thelittlekitchen.net

It will be lumpy but it will smell so good!

Mini Buttermilk Pumpkin Pie Spice Donuts from thelittlekitchen.net

It's a little messy getting this batter into the mini donut pan.

Mini Buttermilk Pumpkin Pie Spice Donuts from thelittlekitchen.net

And there they are. Very simple to make and full of flavor. I love the glaze…the contrast of vanilla extract and brown butter! I need to find other stuff to put this glaze on!

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Mini Buttermilk Pumpkin Pie Spice Donuts with Brown Butter Vanilla Glaze Recipe

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings 30 mini donuts

Ingredients

  • baking spray
  • 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 1 Tablespoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon McCormick® Pumpkin Pie Spice
  • 3 Tablespoons cold unsalted butter cut into small pieces
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 2/3 cup buttermilk
  • 1 egg lightly beaten
  • 1 tablespoon McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract

Brown Butter Vanilla Glaze

  • 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter browned
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract
  • 3 cups confectioner's sugar
  • 1 cup milk

Instructions

  • Heat oven to 325 degrees F. Spray mini donut pan with nonstick baking spray. In a medium-sized mixing bowl, add flour, baking powder, salt and pumpkin pie spice and mix together with a whisk. Add butter and using a fork or pastry cutter, cut butter into the flour mixture until there are pea sizes of butter mixed in with the flour. Add sugar and mix with a rubber spatula. Add buttermilk, egg and vanilla extract and carefully blend with rubber spatula. Batter may be lumpy.
  • Spoon about 1 Tablespoon of batter into each opening and spread using a spoon or your fingers. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Cover a baking rack with parchment paper and flip donut pans onto the baking racks.

Brown Butter Vanilla Glaze

  • While the donuts are baking, make the glaze. Mix glaze ingredients in a medium sized mixing bowl with a fork or rubber spatula until smooth. Dip donuts in glaze while they are still warm and serve immediately.

Notes

Modified from McCormick.com
Mini Buttermilk Pumpkin Pie Spice Donuts from thelittlekitchen.net
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Disclosure: This is a sponsored post. I love working with McCormick and I'm a huge fan of the brand. All opinions are always my own. There's an affiliate link in this post.

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Categories: Breakfast, Desserts, Recipes, Sponsored Tags: Butter, buttermilk, vanilla extract Posted: November 6, 2013 Updated: February 21, 2022

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    1. Joy says

      September 17, 2014 at 6:29 pm

      Can you suggest another way to make these without a doughnut pan?
      Would a mini muffin pan work at all?

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      • Julie Deily says

        September 18, 2014 at 10:47 am

        HI Joy, I haven’t tried that but I’ll bet they would work great in a mini muffin pan. If you try it, let me know how it goes. Thanks!

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