Banana Donuts Soft & Moist (Printable Version)
Moist banana donuts lightly spiced with cinnamon and finished with powdered sugar—ideal for breakfast or a snack.
# What You Need:
→ Wet Ingredients
01 - 2 ripe bananas, mashed
02 - 1/2 cup milk
03 - 1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
04 - 2 large eggs
05 - 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
→ Dry Ingredients
06 - 2 cups all-purpose flour
07 - 2/3 cup granulated sugar
08 - 2 teaspoons baking powder
09 - 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
10 - 1/2 teaspoon salt
11 - 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
→ Optional Topping
12 - 1/3 cup powdered sugar
13 - 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon for dusting
# How To Make It:
01 - Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a standard donut pan with butter or nonstick cooking spray.
02 - In a large mixing bowl, mash the ripe bananas until completely smooth. Add milk, melted butter, eggs, and vanilla extract, then whisk until fully incorporated.
03 - In a separate bowl, whisk together the all-purpose flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and ground cinnamon until evenly distributed.
04 - Pour the dry ingredient mixture into the wet ingredients and fold gently just until combined. Avoid overmixing to keep the donuts tender.
05 - Transfer the batter to a piping bag or a large zip-top bag with one corner snipped off. Pipe the batter evenly into each donut cavity, filling approximately three-quarters full.
06 - Bake for 14 to 16 minutes, or until the tops are golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
07 - Allow the donuts to rest in the pan for 5 minutes, then carefully transfer them to a wire cooling rack.
08 - Once the donuts have cooled slightly, dust with a blend of powdered sugar and ground cinnamon to taste.
# Helpful Hints:
01 -
- These bake up in under 15 minutes, which means you can go from spotting sad bananas on the counter to eating a warm donut in about half an hour.
- The banana flavor is real and deep, not some artificial imitation, and the cinnamon sugar dusting makes every bite feel like a small celebration.
02 -
- Overmixing the batter is the number one mistake, so treat folding like a gentle conversation rather than an argument.
- Filling the donut cavities too full will cause them to close over the hole and turn into muffins with an identity crisis.
03 -
- Let your bananas get genuinely brown and squishy on the outside before using them because that is when their starches have converted to sugar and the flavor is unmatched.
- If you do not own a donut pan, this batter also makes excellent muffins baked at the same temperature for about 18 minutes.