Soft moist banana bread donuts (Printable View)
Soft, moist donuts packed with ripe banana flavor. Classic banana bread meets fun donut shape for a delightful treat.
# What You 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
# How To Make It:
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 smooth and well blended.
04 - Pour the wet mixture into the dry ingredients and fold gently until just combined. Be careful not to overmix, as this can make the donuts dense.
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 cooled donuts and allow it to set before serving.
# Expert Advice:
01 -
- These bake in under fifteen minutes, which means you can satisfy a banana bread craving before your oven fully preheats for a loaf.
- The donut shape gives you more crispy edges per bite, and that glaze drips into every crevice in the most irresistible way.
02 -
- Overmixing the batter is the fastest way to turn these from tender to tough, so stop folding the moment the last dry streak disappears.
- Underripe bananas will leave you with bland donuts, so wait until the peels are heavily spotted or even fully brown before you mash them.
03 -
- Use a zip top bag with the corner cut off to pipe batter into the donut pan for faster, neater filling with zero mess to clean up afterward.
- The biggest secret to intense banana flavor is patience, so let those bananas go truly dark and squishy before you bake.