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Spooktastic Pumpkin Mummy Doughnuts
Doughnut • 1/2 cup gluten free flour 1 cup oat flour (or 1 ½ cups flour) • 1 tsp arrowroot powder (do not add this if you are using regular flour) • 1 tsp baking powder • Pinch of salt • ½ cup almond milk • ½ cup coconut sugar • 1 tsp ACV • 1/3 cup pumpkin puree • 2 tbsp melted coconut oil • 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice • ½ tsp cinnamon
Glaze • ¼ cup icing sugar • 1 tbsp almond milk • 1 tsp vanilla
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Icing You can use any icing recipe you like! We ended up adding extra icing sugar to the leftover glaze and a spoonful of coconut oil. Eyes We got some eyes from Bulk Barn but you could also use raisins, nuts, chocolate chips, etc. Directions 1 Preheat oven to 350°F. 2 Mix all dry and wet ingredients separately then combine the two and mix well. 3 Lightly grease doughnut pan with coconut oil and pipe the batter into the pan. This
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recipe also works for muffins so if you don’t have a doughnut pan, try a muffin tray! Bake in oven for 15 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean (muffins should take a little longer). Make the glaze by whisking together all the glaze ingredients. Dip doughnuts into glaze and set aside to firm up. Pipe thicker icing mixture onto the glazed doughnuts and add some eyes to make them look like mummies!
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While “boo” is the more traditional Halloween outburst, guests stopping by your haunted house won’t be able to help themselves but to cheer for these mummified doughnuts. Made with jack-o’lantern purée, they’re Halloween-y to the core—the perfect treat for tricksters. Check out the full recipe, translated from the original hieroglyphics, below.
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