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Pumpkin S’more Doughnut Muffin

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Muffin and doughnut? Yep, that pretty much means we are having it for breakfast. I love a good doughnut muffin. Although I find many of them to be more muffin in texture than doughnut, while being more doughnut in flavor than muffin. Mine’s no exception.

Pumpking Smore Dougnut Muffin via Bakers Royale

I actually started out with a doughnut recipe for the body, but then just ended up using my recipe from here – stuffing it with some Hershey bars, rolling the whole thing in sugar once baked and topping it with toasted marshmallow. Of course, if you want to short cut the recipe, you can skip the homemade marshmallow spread by placing  mini marshmallows on top and toasting it in the oven under the broiler or using a handheld torch.

And yes, there is a lot going on here, but that’s just more to eat. Enjoy!

Pumpking Smore Dougnut Muffin by Bakers Royale

A few notes:

  • For ease of assembly, I used an ice cream scoop to fill the wells with batter.
  • Make sure to fold the batter until no pockets or streaks of flour remain or else there will be large holes in the finished pumpkin muffins.
  • I like my pumpkin deeply spiced, so you’ll notice the cinnamon reads 1 tablespoon and the remaining spices follow the higher ratio. To bring down the spiced flavors, use 2 teaspoons of cinnamon, 1 teaspoon of ginger, 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg, 1/8 teaspoon of cloves.

Pumpking Smore Dougnut Muffin from Bakers Royale

Pumpkin S'more Doughnut Muffin

Pumpkin S'more Doughnut Muffin

Yield: Makes 12

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
  • 2 teaspoons ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon fresh grated nutmeg
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
  • 11/2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
  • 12 mini Hershey chocolates
  • Marshmallow Top
  • 3 large egg whites
  • 1/2 cup sugar
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Instructions

Preparation

Lightly cover wells of  muffin tin with bake spray. Heat oven to 425 degrees F.

To make pumpkin muffin doughnut:

  1. Place flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl and whisk to combine; set side.
  2. In a separate bowl combine sugar and eggs and whisk to until well combined and mixture becomes thick and light in color, about 1 minute. Drizzle cooled butter into mixture and whisk to combine. Add oil and buttermilk to mixture and whisk to combine. Add in cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, vanilla and whisk to combine.  Add pumpkin puree to mixture and whisk to combine.
  3. Pour flour mixture into wet mixture, and using a wooden spoon or sturdy spatula, gently fold the batter until no flour streaks or pockets remain (do not over mix).
  4. Fill well with batter 1/3 of the way up. Place chocolate on top. Place a second dollop of batter on top making sure to fill the well is 2/3 full and the chocolate is covered.
  5. Bake at 425 degrees for 17-20 minutes. Remove from oven and transfer muffins to a wire rack to cool

To make marshmallow topping:

  1. Place egg whites and sugar in a heat proof bowl. Place heat proof bowl on top of another pan with simmering water (not on, think bain marie). Stirring continuously, heat mixture until it reaches 160 degrees F or for a tactile sign of readiness- heat until no sugar grit can be felt when the mixture is rubbed between two fingers. (Keep in mind the latter method, does not ensure an egg white safe mixture).
  2. Transfer the mixture to a stand mixer bowl and beat until mixture is shiny and medium stiff peaks form.

Assembly

  1. Let muffin doughnuts cool slightly and then roll sides in sugar.
  2. Spread marshmallow topping on top and toast in the broiler for 2-3 minutes or  toast with a kitchen torch.
© Naomi Robinson | Bakers Royale
Category: Cakes

Comments

  10. Averie @ Averie Cooks says

    Ive made alot of pumpkin muffins in my day but never like this! SO Creative!! The chocolate inside, then that puffed, toasted top – so fun and I bet so soft and squishy and great tasting! Pinned!

  17. Lauren says

    I just have to say I adore your food styling. You always manage to offer a unique perspective on food. I love that first picture and how you make use of the muffin tin to show all the different angles of the muffin in one picture.

    Oh yea, the food looks absolutely delicious too!

  24. Jess S. @ Floptimism says

    These look too great for words. I wanted to let you know that I featured them on my blog’s Weekend Wrap-Up today — in fact, I had the wrap-up all written when I found your post last night, and I had to go back and add it in last minute. The recipe sounds too amazing to leave it out! Thank you for such a creative recipe idea, and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

    Here’s a link to the wrap-up — I’d love you to stop by!

  32. Brian @ A Thought For Food says

    Holy moly. We just had fried s’mores (and fried pumpkin pie) at the Texas State Fair and it was mindblowing. This looks equally decadent… actually, maybe even more.

  34. Ala says

    You infuse such stunning personality into each of your photos–I always recognize them when they come up on my feed! I saw another comment noting that your background is metal…do you still get to eat the duffins/monuts that you’ve put on the metal after the photoshoot? 😉

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