Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, Baked Pumpkin Donuts with Chocolate Ganache is a non-vegetarian World baking made with all purpose flour, baking powder, and of baking soda in about 25 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 15 minutes
  • Cook time: 10 minutes
  • Total time: 25 minutes
  • Yield: 10 donuts
  • Category: Baking
  • Cuisine: World

Ingredients

Donuts

  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • pinch of baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
  • ⅓ cup + 1 tablespoon light brown sugar
  • ½ cup + 2 tablespoons pumpkin puree [not pumpkin pie filling]
  • 1 large egg (at room temperature)
  • 3 tablespoon canola oil
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3.5 tablespoons milk

Chocolate ganache

  • 4 oz chocolate
  • ¼ cup + ⅛ cup heavy cream

Method

Pumpkin Donuts

  1. In a bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and pumpkin pie spice. Add light brown sugar.
  2. Mix till sugar is well combined with the flour mixture. Set aside.
  3. In another bowl, whisk together pumpkin puree with canola oil.
  4. Add in egg and vanilla extract and mix till combined.
  5. Finally add milk to the batter and whisk to form a smooth batter.
  6. Add dry ingredients to wet and mix till combined. Do not over-mix.
  7. Transfer batter to donut pan and fill the cavities till 3/4 full.
  8. Bake the donuts at 350 F degrees for 10-11 minutes or till a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Chocolate ganache

  1. Take 4oz chocolate and chop it into small pieces (or use chocolate chips).Transfer chocolate to a bowl and set aside.
  2. Heat heavy cream in a pan till it just starts to simmer (it shouldn't boil).
  3. Pour cream over the chocolate and let it sit for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, whisk to form a smooth ganache. You can add little butter to give the ganache that shiny look.
  4. Let the pumpkin donuts cool completely before dipping them in chocolate ganache!

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.