Butternutty Baked Doughnuts with Maple Glaze and Sugar and Spice Pecans
Use a baked doughnut pan to make this recipe appeal to the doughnut lovers in your life! No deep frying needed here! Just lots of melt-in your-mouth goodness!
| Servings | Prep Time |
| 6doughnuts | 30minutes |
| Cook Time |
| 15-18minutes |
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Ingredients
Butternutty Doughnuts
- 1cup flour
- 1teaspoon baking powder
- 3/4teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2teaspoon allspice
- 1/4cup almond or any plant milk
- 1/2cup butternut squashmashed
- 2 flax “eggs”Combine 2 Tablespoons of ground flax mixing with 6 Tablespoons of warm water and let sit for a few minutes,
- 1/3cup brown sugar
- 2Tablespoons maple syrup
- 2Tablespoons oil
- 1/2teaspoon vanilla
Maple Glaze
- 1 cup icing sugar
- 1Tablespoon maple syrup
- 1/4teaspoon vanilla
- water
Sugared and Spiced Pecans
- 1cup raw whole pecans
- 1cup white sugar
- 1/2teaspoon allspice
- 1/3cup water
Instructions
Sugared and Spiced Pecans
- You can make these a few days ahead. They are delicious to nibble on but be sure to save some for the doughnuts! Just combine the sugar, water and spices in a cast iron pan. Stir in your whole raw pecans and let the sugar syrup cook down until it starts to crystalize on to the nuts. Stir constantly to ensure even distribution. When it is ready, spread out on a sheet of parchment paper or a buttered pan. Bake for 10 minutes at 350 degrees F. or until nuts are crispy and browned inside. Be careful not to let burn. Keep in an airtight container. This quantity will go a long way if it chopped and used as a doughnut topping.
Doughnuts
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F. and grease your doughnut pan well.
- Combine your flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and spice in a bowl.
- In a food processor or a mixing bowl, combine remaining ingredients until smooth.
- Stir the dry and wet ingredients together until just combined. You don’t want to overmix these.
- Carefully spoon the batter into six doughnut molds. Clean off any spills.
- Bake at 350 degrees F. for about 15 minutes or until golden. Make sure that they are cooked through by putting a toothpick into one and it comes out clean.
- Let sit in the pan for a minute to set and then turn out onto a cooling rack. Let these get cool before icing.
Easy Maple Glaze
- Just combine the ingredients and stir until smooth. Add enough water to make a thin glaze. Dip the doughnut tops in the glaze, chop up some of your pecans and sprinkle on top while glaze is still soft. Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
These are best the same day, so this is small recipe to prevent doughnut overload! You can always make a fresh batch tomorrow!
