the donut is crazy easy if you do it like a fritter: just mash together the pumpkin, sweetener, some kind of flour/meal; some kind of oil/fat and maybe some eggs or diary if you like then fry it and five minutes after you've started, you've created a core memory for your children or a pleasant afternoon for yourself.

i think it tastes best with nixtamal (mexican cornmeal they use for tamales and tortillas) and, if you do, you can steam it & use zero calorie sweetener for a significantly healthier alternative to frying & sugar. (make them SMALL if you want try baking it instead)