Baked Banana Bread Donuts – Eat Your self Skinny

These Baked Banana Bread Donuts are smooth, cake-like and made more healthy with complete wheat flour, applesauce and nil refined sugar for the right morning deal with that comes collectively in simply 20 minutes!  Such an effective way to make use of up these overripe bananas!

We LOVE making banana bread in our home, however right here is one other good way to make use of up these overripe bananas!  These scrumptious baked banana bread donuts are smooth, moist and made more healthy utilizing a mixture of complete wheat flour and almond flour, applesauce rather than oil, two complete mashed bananas and maple syrup as an alternative of refined sugar.  My daughter completely loves these donuts and the very best half is that this donut recipe also can make healthful banana muffins or sure, an entire loaf of banana bread!

Why You’ll Love this Recipe

• Scrumptious banana bread in donut kind!
• Made with more healthy components and baked, not fried.
• Simply made in simply 20 minutes.
• This recipe can simply be made right into a banana bread loaf or muffins!

Elements You’ll Want

• complete wheat pastry flour – I used whole wheat pastry flour because it has all of the dietary advantages of complete grain flour whereas making these donuts gentle and fluffy.  I extremely advocate utilizing this, however in the event you don’t have any available you possibly can use common complete wheat flour, all-purpose flour or gluten-free 1 to 1 baking flour.
• almond flour – nutrient dense flour that provides extra fats (the nice sort!) to those donuts making them much more moist with out the usage of butter or oil.  If you happen to can’t use almond flour, be at liberty to substitute with all-purpose flour.
• baking powder + baking soda – acts as a leavening agent to assist in giving these donuts their top.
• bananas – the star of this recipe and also you’ll need to use two very ripe bananas.  Not solely do the mashed bananas add a pure sweetness to those donuts, however it additionally makes them so moist!
• applesauce – I used unsweetened applesauce which takes the place of oil on this recipe.  If you happen to don’t have applesauce, be at liberty to make use of melted coconut oil.
• eggs – you’ll want 2 massive eggs so as to add moisture and assist bind these donuts collectively.
• maple syrup – naturally sweetens these donuts with out utilizing any refined sugar.  If you happen to don’t have maple syrup, be at liberty to make use of honey or different pure sweetener.
• vanilla extract – increase of taste.
• cinnamon + salt

Baking Instruments Wanted

• Donut pans – I take advantage of these Wilton donut baking pans which are available in a set of two and are on sale proper now for $14.50!
• Pastry bag – this isn’t a necessity, however undoubtedly makes piping the batter into the donut wells a lot simpler and extremely advocate them.
• Mixing bowls – you’ll want two mixing bowls to individually combine the dry components from the moist components earlier than combining every thing to make the donut batter.

The right way to Make Banana Bread Donuts

• Make the batter.  In a big bowl, stir collectively the flours, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt whereas in a separate bowl whisk collectively the eggs, mashed bananas, applesauce, maple syrup, and vanilla.  Add the moist components to the dry components and blend till simply mixed (you don’t need to over combine the batter).  You could possibly additionally use a stand mixer for this, however it’s not obligatory.
• Get out your donut pan.  To make these donuts you’ll want two 6-count donut pans like these.  Spray them actually good with nonstick spray in order that your donuts will pop proper out!  Then, utilizing a pastry bag or ziplock bag, spoon the donut batter into the bag and snip off the nook.  Pipe the batter into every donut mould till they’re all stuffed (this recipe makes precisely 12 donuts).
• Bake the donuts!  Pop the donuts into the oven at 350 levels F for about 11 to 13 minutes, till golden and a toothpick inserted comes out clear (mine got here out excellent at 11 minutes).  You need to watch out about over-baking them as a result of donuts really bake actually rapidly!  Switch the donuts to a wire cooling rack to allow them to cool.
• Non-obligatory glazed icing.  That is utterly non-obligatory as these baked donuts actually style superb plain proper out of the oven, however you possibly can additionally add a glazed icing on prime.  As soon as the donuts have cooled utterly to room temperature, combine collectively a couple of 1/2 cup of confectioners’ style erythritol (or you possibly can use powdered sugar), 1 tablespoon of milk and a 1/4 tsp vanilla extract, mixing till clean.  Dip the tops of the donuts into the glaze and let the glaze harden a bit earlier than serving.

Different Baking Strategies

• Banana bread – you possibly can simply make this recipe right into a loaf of banana bread by merely pouring the batter right into a 9×5-inch loaf pan sprayed with nonstick spray or lined with parchment paper and baking at 350 levels F for 50 to 60 minutes, or till a toothpick inserted comes out clear.
• Mini loaves – you may also make three mini loaves of banana bread which is ideal for gifting.  Bake at 350 levels F for 35 to 40 minutes, or till a toothpick inserted comes out clear.  When making for family and friends, I prefer to double this recipe and make 6 mini loaves!
• Muffins – to make banana bread muffins, divide the batter evenly into a daily muffin pan and bake at 350 levels F for 18 to 22 minutes.
• Mini muffins – distribute the batter into 24 mini muffin cups sprayed with nonstick cooking spray (or muffin liners) and bake at 350 levels F for 15 to 17 minutes.  Good deal with for little palms!

Suggestions, Tips and Substitutions

• Be sure to DO NOT over combine the batter.  This ends in tremendous dense donuts which we don’t need.  We’re going for fluffy and smooth!
• Be happy to sub the entire wheat pastry flour with 1:1 gluten-free baking flour and even all-purpose flour.  I don’t advocate subbing this recipe totally with almond flour.
• You’ll be able to simply swap out the mashed banana for pumpkin puree (pumpkin donuts!), Greek yogurt or unsweetened applesauce.
• Combine in different enjoyable additions like chopped nuts or mini chocolate chips.

Prepping and Storing

To Retailer:  These baked banana donuts will final for about 3 days in a sealed, hermetic container and can last as long as 6 days saved within the fridge.  I extremely advocate warming them up within the microwave for about 10 to fifteen seconds or so to actually convey out these heat flavors!

To Freeze:  These donuts additionally freeze very well too and can final within the freezer for about 3 months.  Allow them to thaw out within the fridge in a single day and heat up within the microwave for about 10 to fifteen seconds.

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