Pumpkin-Cranberry Cake Doughnuts Recipe

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Pumpkin and cranberry really say holiday in these moist, spiced-filled doughnuts. They are so good…try not to eat them all in one sitting. —Carolyn Cope, Allston, Maryland

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Pumpkin-Cranberry Cake Doughnuts Recipe

Prep: 40 min. Cook: 5 min.

Yield: 18 Servings

40 5 45

Ingredients

3 tablespoons butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 cup canned pumpkin
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 cups fresh or frozen cranberries, coarsely chopped
Oil for deep-fat frying
SPICED SUGAR:
1 cup sugar
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
Dash ground nutmeg

Directions

In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar until crumbly, about 2 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla.
Combine the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, baking soda, ginger, cloves and nutmeg. Combine pumpkin and buttermilk. Add flour mixture to the creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk mixture, beating well after each addition. Stir in cranberries. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
Turn onto a lightly floured surface; roll to 1/2-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 2-1/2-in. doughnut cutter. Reroll scraps.
In an electric skillet or deep fryer, heat oil to 375°. Fry doughnuts, a few at a time, until golden brown on both sides. Drain on paper towels. In a shallow bowl, combine the sugar, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and nutmeg; roll warm doughnuts in mixture. Yield: 1-1/2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 doughnut equals 217 calories, 3 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 29 mg cholesterol, 240 mg sodium, 44 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 4 g protein.

Originally published as Pumpkin-Cranberry Cake Doughnuts in Taste of Home Christmas Annual Annual 2011, p134