Hanukkah and Thanksgiving may not coincide very often, but these pumpkin honey doughnuts will make you wish they did.
To help bridge these holidays, we borrowed a classic dessert of each — fried doughnuts for Hanukkah and pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving — and brought them together in one delicious mouthful. The result is a terrifically moist fried doughnut rich with the flavors of pumpkin pie. A glaze of cinnamon- and lemon-spiked honey ties everything together.
PUMPKIN HONEY DOUGHNUTS
Start to finish: 1 1/2 hours (45 minutes active)
Makes 3 dozen doughnut holes
2 teaspoons instant yeast
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1/2 cup warm water
15-ounce can pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie filling)
1 egg
1/3 cup honey
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Vegetable oil, for frying
Nutrition information per serving: 80 calories; 25 calories from fat (31 percent of total calories); 2.5 g fat (0 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 5 mg cholesterol; 12 g carbohydrate; 1 g fiber; 4 g sugar; 2 g protein; 30 mg sodium.
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