Banana Bread Donuts (Print)
Soft baked donuts with ripe banana and warm spices, ready in 30 minutes.
# What You Need:
→ Wet Ingredients
01 - 3 ripe bananas, mashed
02 - 1/3 cup unsalted butter, melted
03 - 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
04 - 1/4 cup whole milk
05 - 2 large eggs
06 - 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
→ Dry Ingredients
07 - 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
08 - 1 teaspoon baking powder
09 - 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
10 - 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
11 - 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
12 - 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
→ Glaze
13 - 1/2 cup powdered sugar
14 - 1-2 tablespoons milk
15 - Pinch of ground cinnamon
# How to Make:
01 - Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a standard 6-cavity donut pan with butter or non-stick spray.
02 - In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the mashed bananas, melted butter, brown sugar, milk, eggs, and vanilla extract until smooth and well incorporated.
03 - In a separate bowl, whisk together the all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ground cinnamon, and ground nutmeg until evenly distributed.
04 - Gently fold the dry ingredient mixture into the wet ingredients until just combined. Avoid overmixing to keep the donuts tender.
05 - Spoon or pipe the batter into the prepared donut pan, filling each cavity about two-thirds full to allow room for rising.
06 - Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a donut comes out clean and the tops spring back lightly when touched.
07 - Allow donuts to cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then carefully transfer to a wire cooling rack to cool completely before glazing.
08 - In a small bowl, whisk together powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon of milk, and a pinch of cinnamon until smooth. Add more milk as needed to reach a drizzleable consistency. Drizzle evenly over cooled donuts.
# Expert Advice:
01 -
- They come together in thirty minutes flat, which means you can go from zero to freshly baked donuts faster than most people can decide what to order at a bakery.
- The batter uses simple pantry staples and those bananas you were probably going to throw away anyway.
- Baking instead of frying means no splattering oil and a texture that stays wonderfully soft for days.
02 -
- Overmixing the batter will give you tough, rubbery donuts instead of the soft, cakey texture you are after, so treat folding like a gentle conversation rather than an aggressive argument.
- If your bananas are not quite ripe enough, pop them in a 300 degree oven for 15 minutes until the skins blacken and the insides turn to sweet mush.
03 -
- Let the melted butter cool slightly before adding it to the wet ingredients so it does not start cooking the eggs on contact.
- If you want perfectly round, bakery style donuts, use a piping bag to fill the pan rather than spooning, which gives you more control over the shape.