Cinnamon Sugar Pumpkin Donut Holes

Tell me something – donuts or donut holes? I think it’s donut holes for me because they are more fun to eat, you can eat more of them without feeling guilty, but I think I love them the most because they are just damn adorable. I grew up STUFFING MY FACE with donuts. I was a child that ate more sugar than child services should be ok with. My mom would buy a dozen donuts for me and my friends on the swim team and I would find myself eating at least 10 of them. At least. I was in a sugar coma from ages 3-20. I really wish that age range wasn’t accurate, but it’s spot on. Get this – I asked my mom if I could have a donut when we went to the grocery store once (I think I was probably 3 or 4, I hope) and when she said we could get one after she shopped, I straight up punched her. Over a donut. My sugar addiction was so real. My mom should have put me in rehab at that point in my life, but instead she carried me to the car kicking and screaming. And people wonder why I don’t want to have kids.

So I’m obviously passionate about donuts. I’m guessing my mom ate them while I was in the womb and it’s engrained in my DNA. Do you think things work like that? Like if you ate salmon and veggies all 9 months, your child comes out a pescatarian? Being pregnant scares me for a number of reasons, but the whole craving weird things is pretty high up there. I already have pretty intense cravings for frozen yogurt and yelling at my husband when it’s that time of the month. But being pregnant is like it’s that time of the month for over 9 months. F*cking bananas. Anywho, what I’ve been trying to mention for 2738190810 years but continue to talk about having children is the fact that a little donut hole maker will change your life. It’s actually a cake pop maker but I use it for donut holes and it makes my life a life worth living. Sure, it’s a slightly pointless machine…UNTIL YOU MAKE DONUT HOLES and your whole family thinks you are a goddess. You can also make my Pancake Bites and your children will think you are the coolest mom ever. This donut hole maker is here to ensure that you’re cool. It’s here for you.

Speaking of NOT being cool – Do any of you get up before your partner and roommate and try your best to be as quiet as possible yet still somehow manage to drop and shatter a dish immediately? This is me every morning. I almost always get up before my husband, to finish my blog post for the day, but I first make my coffee. And without missing a beat, I ALWAYS drop something. Yesterday it was a spoon, today it was my frother. Once I turn on the lights a few hours later, there is always coffee droplets everywhere. It’s inevitable. We are still on the hunt for a new house and every time I mention where the coffee maker would be in relation to our bedroom. Hopefully a full floor away. Keeping this marriage together may depend on it. And if the house is located close to a froyo location.

House hunting is such an rollercoaster of emotions. And SH*T, it’s hard on the marriage. Ok, I shouldn’t say hard because there are much harder things out there (that’s what she said -Michael Scott), but it’s tough when you both want different things. I’m surprisingly easy to please (that’s what she said, ugh this is too easy today) and I would say yes to anything. I can somehow picture myself in every single house. It’s not helpful. Luckily my husband isn’t like that and actually uses his brain. He questions everything and thinks through all of it. Then a few hours later, he comes up with his answer and I’ve already moved past it since I didn’t think he loved the place. So now I’ve taught myself to not fall in love with a house because he may not love it or it may go off the market by the time we make a decision. But then he’s not sure if I actually like it because I show no emotion throughout. It’s exhausting, for both of us. And you now since you had to read that entire last paragraph.

And now that we are thinking about actually moving, I’m somehow depressed about leaving this house and this neighborhood. I love our house. And I love our neighbors…the ones who aren’t selling drugs or calling the cops on the people who don’t mow their lawns. I love all the other ones. When we bought our first house, a friend told me to not get too attached because we will probably move in the next 5 or so years. I didn’t believe her because buying a house for the first time was a nightmare with my business and because moving is what I picture hell to be like. But here we are, 5 years later. I guess it’s time to do some fall cleaning. You know what will DEFINITELY be coming with me to this new house that we will someday buy – this donut hole maker. No donut left behind.

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Cinnamon Sugar Pumpkin Donut Holes

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• Author: juli
• Prep Time: 15 minutes
• Cook Time: 15 minutes
• Total Time: 30 minutes
• Yield: 16-19 donut holes 1x

Ingredients

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• 1/3 cup pumpkin puree
• 1/3 cup maple syrup
• 3 tablespoons ghee, melted
• 2 eggs, whisked
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups almond flour
• 3 tablespoons tapioca flour
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• pinch of salt

For the cinnamon sugar topping

• 1/4 cup melted ghee
• 1/3 cup coconut sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

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Instructions

1. Preheat mini donut maker.
2. Place pumpkin, maple syrup, ghee, eggs, and vanilla extract in a large bowl and mix until smooth and combined. Then add almond flour, tapioca flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda & powder, and salt and mix once more until smooth.
3. Grease donut maker with coconut oil spray or whatever you have on hand. Use a cookie scoop to scoop mixture into each donut mold. Follow directions for mini donut maker and cook however long directions recommend. Repeat until all batter is gone. This should make about 16-19 donuts holes.
4. Once cooked, place melted ghee in a shallow bowl and coconut sugar with pumpkin pie spice in another shallow bowl. Dip each donut hole in melted ghee then place in the coconut sugar and toss until completely coated. Repeat with all donut holes. Eat up immediately while they are still warm!

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