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Mini Pumpkin Sourdough Maple Donuts

October 17, 2025

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Mini Pumpkin Sourdough Maple Donuts with Whisky Glaze 🍩

Soft, golden, and kissed with maple sweetness — these mini sourdough donuts are baked to cozy perfection, swirled in a buttery whisky glaze, and dusted with fall sparkle.✨

Warm, fluffy, and impossibly soft, these mini pumpkin sourdough maple donuts with whisky glaze are the cozy fall treat everyone will ask for again and again. Made with real pumpkin purée, bubbly sourdough starter, and a drizzle of smooth maple whisky glaze, every bite tastes like autumn in full glow.

These little rings of joy bake up golden and tender with just the right hint of spice. Each one gets dipped, drizzled, and dusted in maple sugar for a finish that sparkles like the first crisp morning of fall. Perfect for cozy weekends, brunch spreads, or when you just want your kitchen to smell like happiness.

✨ Soft crumb. Buttery glaze. Real pumpkin. All cozy. All you. ✨

💛 Why You’ll Love This Rustic Loaf

🍁 Maple magic — real maple syrup adds a deep, caramel sweetness that tastes like fall in every bite.

🎃 Pumpkin perfection — rich pumpkin purée keeps every donut soft, moist, and full of cozy flavor.

🌾 Sourdough softness — bubbly starter gives these baked beauties that tender, light crumb you can’t fake.

🥃 Whisky glaze bliss — smooth, buttery, and a little grown-up — it’s the drizzle that makes everyone swoon.

✨ Baked not fried — light, golden, and perfectly soft without ever touching oil.

A close-up of broken mini pumpkin sourdough maple donuts showing their soft, golden crumb and shiny whisky maple glaze dusted with maple sugar sparkle. 🍩✨
When pumpkin, maple, whisky, and sourdough fall in love 🧡🍩

🧈 Baker’s Note 🥃 Maple Whisky Glaze

A buttery, golden drizzle that tastes like fall wrapped in a cozy blanket. Smooth, sweet, and just a little daring. This glaze takes your mini donuts straight into “how is this baked, not fried?” territory.

💛 Use that bubbly starter — happy starter = soft, fluffy donuts.

☁️ Don’t overmix — once the flour’s gone, stop. Light hands make dreamy crumbs.

✨ Keep them cozy — brush with butter, tent with foil, stay soft and bakery-fresh.

🥃 Glaze when cool — warm donuts melt glaze; cool ones shine like magic.

🍩 Store with love — airtight 2 days or chill 5; rewarm 10 seconds for cozy feels.

🍁 Make it a moment — coffee in hand, maybe a whisky splash… savor the afterglow.

Mini pumpkin sourdough maple donuts covered in silky whisky maple glaze and dusted with maple sugar, surrounded by crumbs and cozy glaze drizzle. 🍁✨
When the glaze hits just right and the world gets quiet ☁️🍂

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Ingredients

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¾ cup (90 g) All-Purpose Flour (King Arthur)
¼ cup (30 g) TAM 105 00 Flour 🧡 (for that melt-away soft crumb)
1 tsp Baking Powder
¼ tsp Baking Soda
½ tsp Fine Sea Salt
1 tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice
½ tsp Cinnamon
½ cup (120 g) Pumpkin Purée
½ cup (100 g) Active Sourdough Starter (100 % hydration)
¼ cup (60 ml) Maple Syrup
¼ cup (50 g) Brown Sugar
1 large Egg
¼ cup (60 ml) Neutral Oil (grapeseed, avocado, or light olive)
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
Pumpkin Seeds for topping
30g pumpkin seeds

Nutritional Information

120 Calories
18g Carbs
2g Protein
4g Fat
8g Sugar

Directions

1.

Preheat the cozy zone

Set your oven to 375°F (190°C) and lightly grease your mini donut pan. Fall magic starts here. 🍂
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2.

Whisk up the fall magic

In a medium bowl, whisk together both flours, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and those dreamy fall spices until everything smells like cozy.
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3.

Pumpkin party time!

In another bowl, mix pumpkin purée, sourdough starter, maple syrup, brown sugar, egg, avocado oil, and vanilla. Whisk until smooth, shiny, and slightly fluffy — about 30 seconds of pure joy. 🧡
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4.

Bring them together gently

Fold the dry mix into the pumpkin bowl until you just stop seeing flour. Soft and silky is the goal — no over-mixing! 🥣
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5.

Fill the trays

Spoon or pipe the batter into each donut well about ¾ full. They’ll puff up into the cutest little rings. 🍩
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6.

Bake 8–9 minutes

Watch for that sweet spot. The tops spring back gently and edges turn golden.
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7.

Softness secret

Let them cool for 3 minutes, then brush lightly with melted butter and tent loosely with foil for 2 minutes. It keeps them pillowy and soft. ☁️
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8.

Cool, glaze, sparkle

Transfer to a rack, take a deep breath (they smell amazing), and let them cool completely before that dreamy whisky glaze drizzle. 🥃✨
Warm mini pumpkin sourdough maple donuts cooling on a wire rack, glazed with silky whisky maple glaze and dusted with maple sugar in soft cozy light. 🍩✨
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9.

🥃 Maple Whisky Glaze

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10.

Whisk it smooth

Add powdered sugar, maple syrup, whisky, milk, and salt to a small bowl. Whisk until the glaze turns silky and pourable. It should ribbon slowly off your spoon. ✨
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11.

Dip or drizzle

Once your donuts are completely cool, dip the tops halfway or drizzle generously over each one.
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12.

Maple sparkle moment

While the glaze is still tacky, dust with a little maple sugar or cinnamon sugar for that cozy shimmer. 🍁
Close-up of a golden mini pumpkin sourdough maple donut glazed with silky whisky maple glaze and dusted with maple sugar sparkle, soft and glossy in warm fall light. 🍁✨
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13.

Let it set

Rest on a rack for 10–15 minutes until the glaze firms and gleams like sweet amber.
Mini pumpkin sourdough maple donuts drizzled with silky whisky maple glaze, one broken open to show a soft golden crumb with cozy glaze inside. 🍁🍩✨
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Notes

After one bite, you’ll understand why we call it the afterglow. 🍁 That soft pumpkin crumb, that buttery whisky glaze, that cozy sparkle of maple suga...It’s the kind of treat that makes everyone at the table say, “Wait, these are baked?!” 😍 And honestly… licking the last bit of glaze off your fingers might be the happiest moment of your whole weekend. ✨🍩
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