I am a hard core donut lover. A trait which I have lovingly passed on to my boys. We have a tiny little local place that makes the best donuts in all the land but I will say I have never met a donut I didn’t like. As much as I wish I could have one every morning, it is definitely not budget or health friendly to do that! I received these donut pans for my birthday a couple years ago and they are amazing. They may taste different than the traditional kind but my boys love them and are just as excited for any kind of donuts!
These donuts have all the moist goodness of banana muffins in donut form with a cream cheese frosting. They have to bake and then cool completely before being dipped in the frosting so for us they are more of a weekend breakfast treat rather than adding to the craziness of our weekday mornings.
Baked Banana Donuts with cream cheese frosting
Makes 12 donuts in standard donut pans
- 1/4 cup (half a stick) of softened butter
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup milk with 1 1/2 teaspoons of vinegar added
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 tsp baking Sosa
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 ripe bananas
For the frosting:
- 2 ounces softened cream cheese
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tsp. milk (add more milk if you want your frosting thinner and more glaze-like)
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
Add the vinegar to your 1/4 cup milk and set aside. Cream your butter and sugar together. Add in your egg and mix. Add your salt, baking soda, flour and milk mixture. Mix thoroughly. Add in your bananas. (If you use a hand or stand mixer to make the donuts, I usually break the bananas in half and let the mixer do the mashing. If you are mixing by hand, mash your bananas before you add them in.)
Add batter to a cake decorating bag or a ziploc bag with corner cut off to fill the donut pans easily. The donuts don’t rise very much so fill the donut forms almost to the top. Bake for 15 minutes or until just golden brown. Dump onto a cooling rack after about 10 minutes and let cool completely.
Dip tops into frosting, let set for a moment and enjoy! Keep any leftover donuts in the fridge.