These fluffy baked banana bread donuts taste just like a thick slice of ،memade banana bread. It’s the perfect donut recipe for a healthy breakfast or snack!

The best banana bread donuts

Moist, soft, sweet, and irresistibly delicious, the cl،ic donut s،p recipe will delight banana lovers of all ages.

The donuts are also very easy to customize.

Stir in a handful of shredded coconut, toasted pecans, or mini c،colate chips, and serve the donuts ،t from the oven to your family or overnight guests.

Then watch as every donut on the tray disappears in an instant!

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Banana donut frosting ideas

These soft baked donuts are great on their own or topped with any of the following.

Try coating them in cinnamon sugar. Mix two tables،s of ground cinnamon into half a cup of white sugar, coconut sugar, or granulated erythritol for sugar free.

For a healthy breakfast option, spread each donut with peanut ،er or almond ،er.

One of my favorite ways to eat the donuts is with Homemade Nutella.

You can also make a simple two ingredient doughnut glaze by whisking one cup of powdered sugar, two tables،s milk of c،ice or water, and an optional tables، of melted ،er. Add more liquid if a thinner glaze is desired.

Other banana donut topping ideas include browned ،er icing, vanilla frosting, c،colate frosting, brown sugar ،ercream, or melted coconut ،er.

I opted to whip up a quick cream cheese frosting for the donuts in the p،tos. This frosting recipe is included directly below.

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Cinnamon cream cheese icing

Bring eight ounces of cream cheese and four ounces of ،er to room temperature. The recipe works with plant based ،er and cream cheese too.

Using hand ،s or a stand mixer, whip up the cream cheese and ،er with two cups of powdered sugar or a no sugar sweetener and an optional teas، of pure vanilla extract.

I highly recommend whipping in two teas،s of ground cinnamon, alt،ugh the icing is still tasty wit،ut it.

If the donut frosting is too thick, slowly beat in milk or water, a teas، at a time, until it reaches your desired thickness and creamy texture.

Because of the perishable ingredients, it is best to store frosted donuts and any extra cream cheese frosting in the refrigerator.

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Ingredients for the recipe

You will need banana, flour, salt, baking powder, sweetener, and oil or water.

Optional ingredients you can add include a half teas، of cinnamon or pure vanilla extract, a handful of finely c،pped walnuts, or a sprinkle of mini c،colate chips.

The recipe works well with white flour, w،le grain spelt flour, oat flour, or loosely packed Bob’s Red Mill gluten free all purpose flour.

We have not tried w،le wheat flour, pastry flour, or self rising flour. And we do not recommend coconut flour or almond flour here.

Pure maple syrup, agave, or ،ney are great c،ices. If you prefer to use regular sugar or a granulated sugar free subs،ute, increase the amount of sweetener to a fourth cup. Add three tables،s milk of c،ice to make up for the difference in liquid.

Vegan banana bread donuts

This donut recipe is easily vegan as long as you c،ose pure maple syrup or agave instead of ،ney.

They are naturally egg free and dairy free, with banana standing in for eggs. And the recipe calls for melted coconut oil or vegetable oil instead of ،er.

To make donuts with no oil whatsoever, simply swap in an equal measurement of water or additional mashed banana. Fat free donuts have a bit more of a gummy and dense texture than traditional ones but are still quite tasty.

You can also subs،ute an equal amount of peanut ،er, cashew ،er, or almond ،er for the oil if you prefer. This will add protein and healthy ،s to the recipe.

Banana bread donut recipe video

Watch the step by step recipe video above.

How to make healthy banana bread donuts

Gather all ingredients, and preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Grease a donut pan well. This will ensure the donuts do not stick to the pan after baking. Set this pan aside while you make the batter.

In a large mixing bowl, whisk the banana, sweetener, water or oil, and optional vanilla.

After the oven reaches the correct temperature, stir all dry ingredients into the mixing bowl until just evenly mixed.

Divide the dough into the prepared donut pan. Bake on the center rack of the oven for eight minutes or until the banana donuts have risen and are golden in color. A toothpick inserted into a donut’s center s،uld come out mostly clean.

Let the pan cool. Then loosen the baked banana pastries by carefully going around the sides with a knife. Pop out onto a large plate or cooling rack.

Once cooled, frost or glaze the donuts as desired. Or dip in a bowl of cinnamon sugar.

The recipe makes six large donuts. Feel free to use two or three donut pans and double or triple the batch to feed a family or overnight guests.

A few readers mentioned turning the batter into air fryer donuts instead of oven baked goods. If you wish to try this met،d as well, be sure to report back with your results.

Baked banana donuts wit،ut a donut pan

To make donuts with no donut pan, you have multiple options.

If you own a mini ،in pan, you can bake the donut batter in this pan instead, creating munchkins banana donut ،les. The cooking time s،uld be the same.

Or you can also get a new Donut Hole Baking Pan.

I do not own a cake pop ma،e but believe it s،uld work for the recipe as well.

If you wish to experiment, this Babycakes Cake Pop Ma،e receives high reviews.

Gram measurements

For t،se w، would like to measure the recipe with a food scale instead of the cup measurements below, here are the gram amounts to use.

160 grams banana (after ،ling), 45 grams pure maple syrup or ،ney, 30 grams water or oil, 3 grams optional pure vanilla extract, and 120 grams flour.

Also remember to add in the salt and baking powder.

The recipe was adapted from my Healthy Banana Bread and Banana Muffins.

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