Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Baked Donuts with Caramel Glaze
 
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Autumn is officially kicked off and winter is quick on its way. This is just what you need to get comfortable and enjoy the changing weather!
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Serves: 11 donuts
Ingredients
  • ¾ cup coconut sugar
  • ¼ cup coconut oil, melted
  • 2 Tablespoons unsweetened almond milk
  • ¼ cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 1 cup canned pumpkin
  • ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1⅓ cup Bob's Red Mill whole wheat pastry flour
  • ⅓ cup mini chocolate chips + more for topping
  • 1 recipe caramel glaze/sauce
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. and grease donut cavity with olive oil, coconut oil spray or non-stick spray. Set aside.
  2. Melt coconut oil and mix with coconut sugar in large mixing bowl.
  3. Add almond milk, applesauce, canned pumpkin and vanilla to bowl and stir until combined.
  4. In a medium bowl, whisk egg. Add to batter and stir to combine.
  5. Add cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder, baking soda and salt to batter. Stir to combine.
  6. Add flour to batter in ⅓ cup additions, stirring between each addition.
  7. Stir in chocolate chips.
  8. With a spoon, scoop batter out, using hands to fill every bit of each cavity. (Fill all the way full, no higher than the center of the cavity.
  9. Bake 12-16 minutes, or until firm to touch.
  10. Cool completely before transferring from cavity to cooling rack.
  11. Clean out pan and re-grease 5 cavities.
  12. Fill 5 cavities with remaining batter.
  13. Bake remaining donuts.
  14. Meanwhile, prepare caramel glaze.
  15. Transfer glaze to large low bowl.
  16. When donuts are completely cooled, dip each one (top down) into caramel glaze.
  17. If desired, sprinkle chocolate chips on top.
Notes
* Do not substitute pumpkin pie filling for canned pumpkin.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 1 donut (without glaze) Calories: 180 Fat: 8.2g Carbohydrates: 27g Sugar: 13.7g Sodium: 170.9mg Fiber: 3g Protein: 2.7g
Recipe by Wake Up to Waffles at https://wakeuptowaffles.com/pumpkin-chocolate-chip-baked-donuts/