Pumpkin Doughnut Muffins
An irresistible pumpkin doughnut muffin hybrid smothered with a dripping vanilla glaze. It’s so good, you’ll want to make this all year long!
Have you ever had a doughnut (donut?)-muffin hybrid pastry? It’s a pretty magical combination. You get the goodness of a muffin texture, that crumbly dense yet fluffy cakey inside along with the donut-type glaze that gets smothered on these muffin tops. Yes, smothered. Now have I sold you on this hybrid idea yet?
So I’ll apologize in advance for sharing these because once you make these, you’ll want to bring on the fat pants. I shoved about 3 of these – the ugly, un-photogenic ones, at least – before I started photographing these, and then I ran 4 miles to work it off. And believe me when I say, it was worth every. single. bite. I mean, really, with that dripping glaze, need I say more?
Pumpkin Doughnut Muffins
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon ginger
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 ¼ cups canned pumpkin puree
- ⅓ cup Greek yogurt
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
- ¾ cup brown sugar, packed
- ¼ cup sugar
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
For the glaze
- 2 cups confectioners’ sugar
- 3 tablespoons milk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a 12-cup standard muffin tin with paper liners; set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, baking soda and salt.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together pumpkin puree and Greek yogurt.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with paddle attachment, beat butter and sugars on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes. Beat in vegetable oil and vanilla until well combined. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until well combined. With mixer on low speed, add dry ingredients and pumpkin mixture alternately in 3 parts, beginning and ending with dry ingredients, beating just until incorporated.
- Scoop the batter evenly into the muffin tray. Place into oven and bake for 13-15 minutes, or until a tester inserted in center comes out clean.
- To make the glaze, combine confectioners’ sugar, milk and vanilla. Whisk until smooth. If the glaze is too thick, add more milk as needed.
- When the muffins are done, cool for 10 minutes and dip the muffin crown into the glaze.
- Allow glaze to set before serving.
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I HAVE in fact made donut muffins before! It just blows people’s minds. LOL. Pumpkin and glaze = delicious! No idea where to get pumpkin puree but I’ll probably try to keep looking.
These are really really really gorgeous. I’m in pumpkin heaven these days!
These doughnut muffins look amazing! I love the glaze! I am ready to wear my fat pants! 😛
Chung-Ah, you crack me up! but I do the same thing. . i immediately eat the “not so pretty ones” – the sacrifice us bloggers need to do. . haha!! 4 miles?! nice!! These look fabulous and yummy!!! love!
The “not so pretty” ones save my life during these photography sessions!
Oh goodness, I want one of these! I have definitely seen a few donut muffins on Pinterest, but I’ve never actually made or tasted them. Bet they’re great with coffee in the morning. 🙂
I want to inhale that stack, love the glaze!
My favorite hybrid!!! These look awesome!
Whhyyyyyyyyyy do I not have a batch of these in front of me right this minute?? They look so incredible!
You need to come over, Steph! I made too much so Jason had to bring it to school to share with his classmates!
Seriously where do you come up with all these wonderful things day after day. I had nothing in my house for dessert yesterday, now I will have something tonight. Thanks!
Wow, Chung-Ah…as if just the photo wasn’t enough, I think you’ve just convinced me that these are worth the fat pants and the extra running! I have yet to try a doughnut muffin hybrid but I need to remedy that soon!
At least we’ve been warned!!! Going to get my running shoes ready because these really do look amazing!
I love the glaze on these chung! Nothing better than the doughnut muffin together through the week. I love the pictures esp the first one.
They are absolutely wonderful looking! I love donut/muffins and yours are just so pop-able! I’d need at least a half dozen! What a gorgeous pic! Pinned!
Thank you for the pin, as always! 🙂
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