Homemade Donuts Recipe
We LOVE these Maple Donuts
If you love maple donuts from Dunkin Donuts or your local store, try these homemade donuts featuring some of our favourite flavours!
How to make homemade donuts
- Add the oil to a deep pot, but don’t fill it any higher than halfway, you shold have at least 5 inches above the oil so that nothing spills over and it should help to prevent splattering.
- Preheat the oil to the cooking temperature and if you don’t have one get a probe thermometer you can get one like this one on Amazon HERE although a frying or candy thermometer should go high enough (260 °C / 500 °F) to use as well if you prefer to use one you already have. Allow the oil temperature to recover between batches.
- You may need to adjust the frying times for this method, start with less time and try with just one donut first.


Homemade Donuts Recipe: Maple Pumpkin Maple Creme
- Prep Time: 25 mins
- Cook Time: 2 hours
- Total Time: 2 hours 25 minuts
- Yield: 2 dozen 1x
Description
If you love maple donuts from Dunkin Donuts or your local store, try these homemade donuts featuring some of our favourite flavours!
Ingredients
For the doughnuts:
- 1/2 cup warm water
- 2 tbsp. yeast
- 2 large eggs
- 1 (15 oz.) can pure pumpkin puree
- 2 tbsp. canola oil
- 6 1/2 cups bread flour
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp. kosher salt
- 1 tbsp. pumpkin pie spice
For the maple cream filling:
- 4 cups milk
- 2 oz. cornstarch
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 tsp. kosher salt
- 3 large eggs
- 1/4 cup (4 tbsp.) unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup pure maple syrup
Instructions
- Combine warm water, yeast, and a pinch of sugar in a small glass bowl and whisk.
- Let stand for about 5 minutes, until yeast begins to bubble.
- In a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook, beat together eggs, pumpkin puree, canola oil, yeast mixture, 2 cups flour, maple syrup, granulated sugar, salt, and pumpkin pie spice.
- Add remaining flour in 1/2 cup increments until a soft tacky dough comes together. Knead for about 5 minutes, transfer to a large bowl sprayed with cooking spray, cover with a dish towel, and let rise until doubled, about 2 hours.
- Turn dough out onto a floured surface and roll out to 3/4″ thickness.
- Use a cookie cutter or drinking glass to cut out doughnuts until all of the dough is used up. Add frying oil to a fryer and heat to 365 degrees F.
- Fry doughnuts 2-3 at a time for 3 minutes, flipping after about a minute and a half to evenly cook both sides.
- Place on a paper towel-covered plate and let cool completely. Bring milk to a boil in a large heavy-bottomed saucepan.
- Combine cornstarch, sugar, salt, and eggs in a large bowl and whisk. Pour about a third of milk into the bowl and whisk quickly to combine.
- Add cornstarch mixture to the saucepan and whisk continuously over medium heat until filling thickens.
- Turn off heat and add butter and maple syrup.
- Whisk and allow filling to cool.
- To fill doughnuts, poke a hole in the side of each doughnut that goes all the way through and use a piping bag to pipe the filling into the doughnuts.
- Sprinkle doughnuts with powdered sugar and serve.
Notes
Cook time includes frying and cooling of the donuts to adding the powdered sugar
Keywords: donuts, maple donuts, pumpkin donuts, homemade donuts

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Mary M says
Those doughnuts look so good. I’m thinking of yummy cream filled doughnuts. Yum.
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Susan Christy says
Holy Cow! Maple is one of my favorites. They look as beautiful as they look delicious.
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Arlene says
i would go out of my way to get these
Kelly O says
These look amazing! I am going to a big New Year’s party and I think this would be perfect. Easy grab and nibble, with the flavors of the season.
Michelle H. says
These look delicious. I have made my own pumpkin cake donuts, but I am going to have to try these.
Laura B says
Those look so delicious. Maple and pumpkin sounds like a great combination of flavors.
Carolsue says
I love Pumpkin ANYTHING. These look delicious!
Tonya L says
Omg these look scrumptious.
Christine Doty says
Those donuts look so delicious. I will try them!
wen budro says
Oh my goodness……those donuts looks amazing. Maple is one of my favorite flavors. Homemade donuts are the best. I will definitely be making these donuts. Thank you for the recipe.
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Robin Abrams says
I have not tried making donuts at home. These do sound like it is time to try.
Pam Wheeler says
I’ve wanted to try making homemade donuts. This recipe sounds delicious.
Jeanna Massman says
I love the idea of combining pumpkin and maple flavors. These really sound yummy!
Shannon Holmes says
Oh em gee these sound and look so nom.
bn100 says
donuts look tasty to eatb
Ken Ohl says
these donuts look amazing might have to give them a try
Rena Walter says
These do look delicious, I will try to make them for this Christmas Holiday!
Sharon Rooney says
The family would love these they love anything pumpkin. The sweetness of the maple with the pumpkin ust taste amazing.
AuntySuzany says
These donuts look yummy. Thank you so much for posting the recipe!
Mia Rose says
Fresh donuts like these would be so tasty on these cold days. That maple cream filling looks so good.
Shirley P says
I have made donuts I have not put filling in them These look amazing
Amanda Alvarado says
They looks sooo yummy!!! I don’t think I could ever get ones I made to look that professional! LOL
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Nidhi C says
WOW! These donuts looks super yummy. Never tried making donuts at home but this recipe looks easy. I can’t wait to try this. Thanks!
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kathy pease says
These look so delicious. I have never tried making donuts but would like to.
Chris Ann says
I think my computer must be having tech issues…I posted early …don’t think my comment showed up?
We love pumpkin! The Pumpkin Maple Cream donuts looks so fabulously yummy! I am a gluten free eater and I think this recipe would be easy to covert to being Gluten Free…I know these donuts with the first bite would be a hit at our home!
Chris (Ann) says
The treats all look so yummy! esp. The Pumpkin Maple Cream Donuts, oh my word!
Sarah Letendre says
wow !! this is a keeper for me ! love pumpkin, love doughnuts and love baking and hubby loves that I love it lol , this is a must try for me !!
Mallory Bailey says
Those Pumpkin Maple Cream Donuts look amazing! I’m sure I would love them!
ashley says
I’m not a huge pumpkin fan, but man do these look so delicious! I think I may have to attempt them, maybe for Christmas! Your pictures make me want to eat the entire tray of them. LOL.
Antoinette M says
These donuts look delicious! I’ve never made my own donuts. I might try the recipe…
Vickie says
Your donuts turned out so pretty.
I can imagine may incarnations of this recipe as a base.
Sandy Klocinski says
It would be awesome to make a batch of these for Christmas morning. Thanks for sharing. I’ve had maple creme donuts before but not with pumpkin
Donna says
I would love to make a batch of these to enjoy with some pumpkin spice coffee!
Angela P says
Oh my Those look amazing!
Heather Kaufman says
These look so amazing, this recipe is getting saved for a snow day!
Dana Rodriguez says
OMG those donuts look amazing!!! Thanks for the recipe!!!
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Stephanie Hirsch says
Omg, these look absolutely delicious. I might just have to make these for Christmas morning breakfast, thank you for the recipe!
Chris L says
These donuts look so yummy. My kids would love these.
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James Robert says
I have never tried making donuts but these look incredible.
April v Monty says
These donuts look amazing and simpler than I thought they’d be,I’ll be throwing a holiday party and including these in my menu plan, yummo!
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Annamarie Voss says
I have never made donuts before but this recipe looks amazing so maybe it’s time to try something new.
Jessica Lodge says
I almost didn’t click on this because it’s dangerous!!! Omg these combine so many things that I love!!!!!! Pumpkin, maple, cream filling, yes please!!
Paige Cassandra Flamm says
These donuts look incredible! I need them in my life!
Debbie P says
These donuts look and sound fantastic.
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Amy D says
Thank you for this wonderful recipe. I still have a bunch of canned pumpkin puree, and I was trying to figure out what to do with it before “pumpkin season” ends. I’ve never made donuts before, and these look amazing. Also, maple is my favorite (as I come from Canada).
Powered by Mom says
Hope you enjoy them Amy and I’m in Canada (Vancouver actually) 😉 so I get the love of maple lol
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Linda Linneman says
These recipes all sound so good. Just looking at these pictures make me hungry. I could use one of these donuts with my cup of coffee this morning. I can’t wait to try these recipes. Thank you so much for sharing this
Laurie Nykaza says
I had to pin the donuts love to try making them .I know my kids will love them being maple flavored too.
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Rochelle Haynes says
These are looking good and tasty
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Ann says
Well, I pinned this post/recipe before I even finished reading through the list of ingredients. 🙂
I’ve never made donuts before, and I’ve never fried anything / worked with hot oil like this. That being said, I’d love to give this a try! I think that the flavors look delicious together, and I have a feeling that my family will really enjoy these as a special treat.
Lauryn R says
These donuts sound delicious, I mean wow!! I am definitely going to have to try and make some of these simply for the fact that I have never seen this flavor anywhere and I must try it! I have never had much luck making my own donuts but my husband just bought me a new fryer so I am going to try my luck. Thank you so much for sharing this!
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Powered by Mom says
Ohhh awesome, let us know how it goes for you 🙂
Leela says
They look absolutely amazing!
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