Vegan Banana Bread Donuts
This vegan banana bread donuts recipe is a great way to use ripe bananas!
If you’re looking for a way to use ripe or overripe bananas, banana bread is always the first treat that comes to mind. Banana bread recipes blew up over the pandemic–it seemed that everyone was busy making banana bread! Believe it or not, I haven’t made banana bread in a few years, but I did have some overripe bananas on hand recently and I was trying to think of a creative way to use them.
Banana bread? No. Banana bread donuts? Yes!
The inspiration for this vegan donut recipe also comes from the fact that I recently bought a donut pan (this one, to be exact) and had yet to use it. And then, it all came together.
These vegan banana bread donuts are deliciously moist and very easy to make! All you need is a donut pan. And because these homemade donuts are baked and not fried, they are a little healthier than your traditional homemade donut recipe.
This recipe also uses coconut sugar in place of brown sugar, and the result is a deliciously moist baked donut that’s the perfect way to use up ripening bananas!
Do I need special equipment to make these baked donuts?
Yes, you do need a donut pan to make these baked banana bread donuts. Here is a link to the one I use.
How do you make baked donuts at home?
This recipe for these homemade baked donuts is very easy! You don’t need any fancy ingredients in order to make donuts at home, but you do need a donut pan. Here are the basic ingredients for this recipe:
Flour
Ripe Bananas
Flax Egg
What do these banana bread donuts taste like?
These donuts come out super soft, moist. They basically taste like banana bread in donut form!
How long does it take to make these vegan baked donuts?
Start to finish, you can expect to enjoy these baked donuts in about 1.5 hrs! That includes the time it takes to make the batter, bake the donuts, and to allow them to cool before icing.
How many donuts does this yield?
This vegan donut recipe yields three donuts, but you can easily double or triple the recipe to make as many donuts as you’d like!
Vegan Banana Bread Donuts
Ingredients
- 1 ripe banana, mashed
- 1 flax egg (1 tbsp flax meal + 3 tbsp water)
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 1/2 tbsp vegan butter, melted
- 1/4 c coconut sugar
- 1/2 c all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- pinch of salt
- 2 tbsp vegan butter, melted
- 1/2 c powdered sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- pinch of salt
- splash of non-dairy milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a donut pan with non-stick spray and set aside.
- Mix the banana, flax egg, vanilla, melted butter, and coconut sugar together in a medium bowl.
- Add the dry ingredients and mix until just combined.
- Spoon the batter into the donut pan, filling to the top.
- Bake the donuts for about 17-20 minutes. You’ll know they’re done when you gently press the tops and they feel springy.
- Remove donuts from the oven and allow them to cool in the donut pan for about 10 minutes before flipping onto a wire rack. Cool completely before icing.
- Mix the butter, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and salt together in a small bowl. Add a splash of non-dairy milk and mix until the icing is not too thick.
- Dip the cooled donuts in the icing.
Notes
Adapted From: Kitchen 335