These Baked Banana Bread Donuts are tender, cake-like and made extra wholesome with complete wheat flour, applesauce and 0 refined sugar for the right morning take care of that comes collectively in merely 20 minutes!  Such a great way to utilize up these overripe bananas!

For additional healthful donut recipes, strive these baked apple cider donuts, these gluten-free pumpkin spice donuts or these delicious strawberry banana donuts!

We LOVE making banana bread in our house, nevertheless proper right here is one different good option to make use of up these overripe bananas!  These delicious baked banana bread donuts are tender, moist and made extra wholesome using a mix of complete wheat flour and almond flour, applesauce as a substitute of oil, two complete mashed bananas and maple syrup as an alternative of refined sugar.  My daughter utterly loves these donuts and the right half is that this donut recipe may even make healthful banana muffins or positive, an entire loaf of banana bread!

Why You’ll Love this Recipe

• Delicious banana bread in donut type!
• Made extra wholesome with zero butter, oil or refined sugar and baked, not fried.
• Merely made in merely 20 minutes.
• This recipe can merely be made proper right into a banana bread loaf or muffins!

Substances You’ll Need

• complete wheat pastry flour – I used complete wheat pastry flour as a result of it has the entire dietary benefits of complete grain flour whereas making these donuts light and fluffy.  I extraordinarily recommend using this, nevertheless in case you don’t have any accessible you’ll use frequent complete wheat flour, all-purpose flour or gluten-free 1 to 1 baking flour.
• almond flour – nutrient dense flour that gives additional fat (the nice kind!) to these donuts making them rather more moist with out the utilization of butter or oil.  For many who can’t use almond flour, be at liberty to substitute with all-purpose flour.
• baking powder + baking soda – acts as a leavening agent to help in giving these donuts their prime.
• bananas – the star of this recipe and in addition you’ll want to make use of two very ripe bananas.  Not solely do the mashed bananas add a pure sweetness to these donuts, nevertheless it moreover makes them so moist!
• applesauce – I used unsweetened applesauce which takes the place of oil on this recipe.  For many who don’t have applesauce, be at liberty to utilize melted coconut oil.
• eggs – you’ll need 2 large eggs in order so as to add moisture and help bind these donuts collectively.
• maple syrup – naturally sweetens these donuts with out using any refined sugar.  For many who don’t have maple syrup, be at liberty to utilize honey or totally different pure sweetener.
• vanilla extract – improve of style.
• cinnamon + salt

Baking Devices Wished

• Donut pans – I exploit these Wilton donut baking pans which can be found in a set of two and are on sale correct now for $14.50!
• Pastry bag – this is not a necessity, nevertheless undoubtedly makes piping the batter into the donut wells quite a bit less complicated and very recommend them.
• Mixing bowls – you’ll need two mixing bowls to individually mix the dry elements from the moist elements sooner than combining each half to make the donut batter.

Learn the way to Make Banana Bread Donuts

• Make the batter.  In an enormous 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 elements to the dry elements and mix until merely combined (you don’t have to over mix the batter).  You’ll moreover use a stand mixer for this, nevertheless it’s not important.
• Get out your donut pan.  To make these donuts you’ll need two 6-count donut pans like these.  Spray them truly good with nonstick spray so that your donuts will pop correct out!  Then, using a pastry bag or ziplock bag, spoon the donut batter into the bag and snip off the nook.  Pipe the batter into each donut mould until they’re all stuffed (this recipe makes exactly 12 donuts).
• Bake the donuts!  Pop the donuts into the oven at 350 ranges F for about 11 to 13 minutes, until golden and a toothpick inserted comes out clear (mine obtained right here out glorious at 11 minutes).  You’ll want to be careful about over-baking them on account of donuts really bake truly shortly!  Swap the donuts to a wire cooling rack to permit them to chill.
• Non-compulsory glazed icing.  That’s absolutely elective as these baked donuts honestly model very good plain correct out of the oven, nevertheless you’ll moreover add a glazed icing on excessive.  As quickly because the donuts have cooled absolutely to room temperature, mix collectively a few 1/2 cup of confectioners’ mannequin erythritol (otherwise you would use powdered sugar), 1 tablespoon of milk and a 1/4 tsp vanilla extract, mixing until straightforward.  Dip the tops of the donuts into the glaze and let the glaze harden a bit sooner than serving.

Completely different Baking Methods

• Banana bread – you presumably can merely make this recipe proper right into a loaf of banana bread by merely pouring the batter proper right into a 9×5-inch loaf pan sprayed with nonstick spray or lined with parchment paper and baking at 350 ranges F for 50 to 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clear.
• Mini loaves – you possibly can too make three mini loaves of banana bread which is right for gifting.  Bake at 350 ranges F for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clear.  When making for household and associates, I want to double this recipe and make 6 mini loaves!
• Muffins – to make banana bread muffins, divide the batter evenly right into a every day muffin pan and bake at 350 ranges 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 ranges F for 15 to 17 minutes.  Wonderful take care of for little palms!

Concepts, Ideas and Substitutions

• Be certain you DO NOT over mix the batter.  This results in super dense donuts which we don’t want.  We’re going for fluffy and tender!
• Be comfortable to sub the complete wheat pastry flour with 1:1 gluten-free baking flour and even all-purpose flour.  I don’t recommend subbing this recipe utterly with almond flour.
• You presumably can merely swap out the mashed banana for pumpkin puree (pumpkin donuts!), Greek yogurt or unsweetened applesauce.
• Mix in several pleasurable additions like chopped nuts or mini chocolate chips.

Prepping and Storing

To Retailer:  These baked banana donuts will last for about 3 days in a sealed, airtight container and may final so long as 6 days saved throughout the fridge.  I extraordinarily recommend warming them up throughout the microwave for about 10 to fifteen seconds or so to truly ship out these warmth flavors!

To Freeze:  These donuts moreover freeze very properly too and may last throughout the freezer for about 3 months.  Enable them to thaw out throughout the fridge in a single day and warmth up throughout the microwave for about 10 to fifteen seconds.

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