Banana Bread Donuts (Printer-friendly)
Soft banana-infused donuts blending classic banana bread flavors with a fun twist. Perfectly moist and ready in under 30 minutes.
# What You'll Need:
→ Dry Ingredients
01 - 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
02 - 3/4 cup granulated sugar
03 - 1 tsp baking powder
04 - 1/2 tsp baking soda
05 - 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
06 - 1/4 tsp salt
→ Wet Ingredients
07 - 2 large ripe bananas, mashed
08 - 2 large eggs
09 - 1/3 cup vegetable oil (or melted butter)
10 - 1/4 cup whole milk
11 - 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
→ Optional Glaze
12 - 1/2 cup powdered sugar
13 - 1 tbsp milk
14 - 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
# Directions:
01 - Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a standard donut pan with oil or non-stick spray.
02 - In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the all-purpose flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, baking soda, ground cinnamon, and salt until evenly distributed.
03 - In a separate bowl, combine the mashed bananas, eggs, vegetable oil, whole milk, and vanilla extract. Whisk until the mixture is smooth and free of large banana lumps.
04 - Pour the wet mixture into the dry ingredients. Gently fold together with a spatula until just combined. Avoid overmixing to keep the donuts tender.
05 - Spoon or pipe the batter into the prepared donut pan, filling each cavity approximately three-quarters full.
06 - Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, or until the donuts spring back when lightly pressed and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
07 - Let the donuts rest in the pan for 5 minutes, then carefully transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
08 - If desired, whisk together the powdered sugar, milk, and ground cinnamon until smooth. Drizzle the glaze over the fully cooled donuts.
# Expert Advice:
01 -
- They come together in the time it takes to brew a pot of coffee and disappear even faster.
- The texture is impossibly tender, almost like biting into a cloud that tastes like banana bread.
- No frying, no yeast, no waiting around for dough to rise, just mix and bake.
02 -
- Overmixing the batter creates tough, rubbery donuts instead of the soft ones you want, stop folding the second the flour disappears.
- Underripe bananas will leave you with bland donuts, wait until the peels are fully blackened or microwave them for 30 seconds to soften and sweeten them.
03 -
- A piping bag or even a zip top bag with the corner snipped off fills the donut pan neatly and saves you from messy spills between the cavities.
- Tap the filled pan firmly on the counter twice before baking to release trapped air bubbles that cause uneven surfaces.