Pumpkin and Apple Spice Mini Doughnuts

 

Pumpkin and Apple Spice Doughnuts

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Special Supplies needed: Mini Doughnut Maker

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Baked Apple Spice Mini Doughnuts

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*1 tablespoon Butter, room temperature

*1/4 cup sugar

*1 Egg, room temperature

*1/4 cup milk

*1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

*1/4 teaspoon Butter Extract

*1/4 teaspoon Sea Salt

*1/4 teaspoon Cinnamon

*1 teaspoon Apple Pie Spice

*3/4 cup All-purpose Flour

*3/4 teaspoon Baking powder

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In a mixing bowl cream together the butter and sugar, mix in milk. Add: Vanilla extract, butter extract, sea salt, cinnamon and apple pie spice.

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Sift together the flour and baking powder into a bowl and slowly add into the creamed mixture until totally combined.

*Scoop doughnut batter into pastry bag and pipe the doughnut batter into doughnut maker molds.

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Bake in a mini doughnut maker for 5 to 6 minutes or according to your doughnut maker.

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Frosting

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*4 tablespoons Butter, room temperature

*1 cup Powdered Sugar, add more if needed

*1/4 teaspoon Apple Pie spice, optional

*1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

*Milk, use as needed for desired consistency;  start with 2 to 3 teaspoons.

*Sprinkle of Sea Salt

In a small mixing bowl add the butter, powdered sugar apple pie spice, vanilla and milk.  Mix together adding milk as needed.

*After frosting doughnuts sprinkle on or dip in each doughnut with a small amount of cinnamon sugar.

**Cinnamon sugar mixture:  1/4 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon mixed together.

Note:  We made frosting and cinnamon sugar mixture and then a DIY frosting station.

Mini Pumpkin Doughnuts

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Wet Ingredients:

*1/3 cup Extra Light Olive Oil

*1/2 cup Brown Sugar

*1 Egg

*2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract

*3/4 cup canned Pumpkin

*1\2 cup Milk

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Dry Ingredients
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*1    3/4 cups Flour

*1    1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder

*1\2 teaspoon Sea Salt

*1 teaspoon Cinnamon

*1/2 teaspoon Nutmeg

*1/2 teaspoon Allspice

*1/8 teaspoon Ground Cloves

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Mix together the wet ingredients in bowl until incorporated.

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Sift together the dry ingredients in medium-sized mixing bowl and slowly stir into the wet ingredients and mix until totally combined.

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Scoop pumpkin doughnut batter into pastry bag and pipe the doughnut batter into doughnut maker molds.

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Bake in a mini doughnut maker for 5 to 6 minutes or according to your doughnut maker.

Note:  For a second topping option roll the baked warm doughnuts (can use for both of the recipes above) in melted butter and then in a mix of 1/4 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon (make more cinnamon sugar mixture as needed).  Serve immediately.


Pumpkin Recipe Adapted from Blue Eyed Baker

Apple Spice Recipe Adapted from Amy’s Healthy Baking

Also See Our Red and Green Apple Party

Enjoy!

Lindy

 

Peanut Butter Apple or Pumpkin Cookie Cups

Peanut Butter Apple or Pumpkin Cookie Cups

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Makes about 31 cookie cups

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*Mini Cupcake/Muffin Pan

*1 tablespoon Cookie Scoop

*Cooking Spray

*1 (12 ounce) Red Candy Melts, Wilton (you will have extra) Apple

*1 (12 ounce) Orange Candy Melts, Wilton (you will have extra) Pumpkin

*11 ounce package Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, unwrapped

*M & M Minis, green for leaves (I bought 10.10 ounce package but you could use smaller size)

*M & M’s, Brown for Stems (Family Size 19.2 ounce) you will have extras
Cookie Cups
*1 (21 ounce) Package Peanut Butter Cookie Mix, Betty Crocker

*2 tablespoons Extra Light Olive Oil

*3 tablespoons Water

*1 Egg

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Combine in a mixing bowl the cookie mix, oil, water and egg, mix until combined.

 

Scoop cookie dough into cupcake/muffin pan with small cups and press slightly in the center of each dough ball into a cup shape.

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Bake in a pre-heated oven at 375*F. and bake cookie cups for 7-8 minutes.

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Remove from the oven and press a peanut butter cup in the center of each cookie cup. Then top each with red or orange candy wafers. Allow wafers to melt and then add to the top of  each wafer the (apple or pumpkin) stem and leaf.  Repeat for each cookie cup.

Also see Red and Green Apple Party

 

Enjoy!

Lindy