Fall is in the air- :DH Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Donuts

I'm starting to feel the crispness of fall in the air. The leaves haven't begun to change, but I know it's just around the corner. And I'm all excited about it.

Today I wanted to put out the welcome matt, for fall to arrive.

There's no better way to do that, then to fill your house with the aroma of pumpkin. So, I baked these,
Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Donuts.Using this donut mold I bought at Micheal's. With a 40% off coupon. Double score.
Fried donuts are so last year.

What you need:

• 1 cup canned pumpkin
• 1/2 cup, plus 2tbs packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup low fat buttermilk
• 1 egg white
• 1 tbs melted smart balance spread
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup unbleached all purpose flour
• 1/2 cup whole-wheat pastry flour (or whole-wheat flour)
  
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
• 1 tsp salt
• 3 tbs dark chocolate chips, plus more to top donuts with
  
• 1/4 cup powder sugar for dusting.
• Cooking spray

What you do:

• Preheat oven to 350
• Spray donut molds with cooking spray.
  
• Combine first 6 ingredients in a large bowl.
• Mix together dry ingredients. Add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix well.
  
• stir in chocolate chips.
• Pour batter into a pipping bag, or a large ziplock bag, and cut off the tip of the bag. Squeeze mixture into molds.
  
• Bake for 20 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean.
• Cool on a cooling rack, and lightly dust with powdered sugar.

I was too lazy to tally up the calories. I blame the weather ;) But hey, they're baked, not fried, so you really can't go wrong. You can also make mini donuts, which was what I intended to do, but I could only find the full sized donut mold.

See you soon, Fall. We're going to have so much fun this year.

Have you started to feel fall where you live?
Are you all excited about it?! ;)