Pumpkin Donuts

I made these for for one day and left them for the morning crew. They rarely get to taste my baked goods. They tasted great. A bit fragile so I cut them in half so they were easier to handle.

 

 Ingredients: 

1 3/4 cup + 2 Tbsp all-purpose flour (measure 2 cups remove 2 Tbsp)
1 3/4 tsp baking powder
1 1/4 tsp salt
3/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp ground ginger
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup packed light-brown sugar
1/2 cup canola oil
3 large eggs
1 1/2 cups canned pumpkin puree
1 tsp vanilla extract

Topping:

1/3 cup granulated sugar
1 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon

 

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter 18 doughnut wells

In a mixing bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger for 20 seconds, set aside. 

In a separate large mixing bowl, whisk together granulated sugar and brown sugar until well combined.

Add canola oil, eggs, pumpkin puree and vanilla extract and using an electric hand mixer, blend until mixture is well blended. Add dry ingredients to pumpkin mixture and mix with electric mixer until well combined. Spoon or pipe batter into doughnut wells, filling each about 3/4 full (a scant 1/4 cup in each).

Bake in preheated oven until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean, 13 - 16 minutes. Cool doughnuts slightly. 

Mix together 1/3 cup sugar and 1 1/4 tsp cinnamon until well combined. 

I held the donuts in my hand and sprinkled the topping mixture over the donuts, flip to do both sides

Place on wire rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container. 

NOTES:

~I thought the donuts were very fragile. I ended up cutting them in half, because I was afraid they would break if some were to try to pick one up. :) 

original recipe

~Michelle

Dining Room

When we moved into our house 8 years ago there was so much that we just had to change. We liked the house layout and the yard and realized that we could always update the interior. The updates began and never really ended. We are always changing things. We finally arrived to the third stage of the dining room remodel. Is it the last stage? Who knows. I love changing things.

2006

 This is what the dining room looked like with the previous owners furnishings, wallpaper and carpet with out any padding. Hard as a rock. Who would put carpeting in and not include a pad? 

And that wallpaper WHAT?

 

  

 After I peeled off the wallpaper, I painted it two shades of green.  I painted the moldings and window casings white and we changed the carpet and the shades.

2014

This is the most recent photo. We got new windows, no wood on the windows just the floor. We got rid of the carpet and got these beautiful hardwood floors. 

We also changed out the light fixture. Love it.

~Michelle