Description
Delightful brioche doughnuts filled with creamy pumpkin cheesecake, rolled in fragrant pumpkin spice sugar, perfect for fall gatherings.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 1/4 tsp active dry yeast
- 250g whole milk, lukewarm
- 4 Tbsp (50g) sugar
- 565g all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 eggs, at room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
- 100g unsalted butter, at room temperature
- Neutral oil for frying
- 200g granulated sugar
- 1 ½ tsp pumpkin pie spice
- 280g pumpkin puree
- 450g cream cheese, softened
- 100g powdered sugar
- ½ tsp vanilla bean paste
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 ½ tsp pumpkin pie spice
- Pinch salt
Instructions
- Activate the yeast: Combine lukewarm milk and active dry yeast in a bowl and let sit for 5-10 minutes until foamy.
- Prepare the dry ingredients: In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, and salt.
- Combine wet and dry ingredients: Add the yeast mixture, eggs, and vanilla bean paste to the bowl and mix until a dough forms.
- Add butter and knead: Incorporate softened butter and knead on a floured surface for about 10 minutes.
- First rise: Transfer to a greased bowl, cover, and let rise for 1 hour, or until doubled in size.
- Make pumpkin spice sugar: Combine granulated sugar and pumpkin pie spice in a bowl.
- Prepare the cheesecake filling: Mix together pumpkin puree, cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla bean paste, ground cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, and a pinch of salt until smooth.
- Shape the doughnuts: Punch down the risen dough, roll into 1-inch thick sheet, and cut with doughnut cutter.
- Second rise: Let the cut doughnuts rise for another 30 minutes on a floured surface.
- Fry the doughnuts: Heat oil and fry doughnuts until golden-brown on each side.
- Coat in pumpkin spice sugar: Roll warm doughnuts in pumpkin spice sugar.
- Fill with pumpkin cheesecake filling: Use a piping bag to fill each doughnut with the cheesecake filling.
Notes
Ensure the milk is lukewarm for optimal yeast activation. Test oil temperature with a small piece of dough before frying.
- Prep Time: 60 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Frying
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 doughnut
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 20g
- Sodium: 300mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 45g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 50mg