Banana Donuts with Peanut Butter Icing

Baked banana donuts on a white plate, frosted with peanut butter icing.

Banana Donuts with Peanut Butter Icing

No need to fry - these Banana Donuts with Peanut Butter Icing are baked in the oven! A great use for those overripe bananas, these tender donuts are the perfect snack or special breakfast.

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 12

Total Time 27

Servings donuts

Calories 186kcal

Author Deborah Harroun

Ingredients

Banana Donuts

2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1/2 cup neutral oil*
1 1/2 cups mashed banana

Peanut Butter Icing

1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
4 tablespoons milk

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Spray a donut pan with nonstick cooking spray.
In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Whisk well to combine.
In another bowl, whisk together the eggs and oil. Add the wet ingredients to the bowl with the dry ingredients and mix until it starts to come together. It will still be quite dry.
Add the mashed bananas, and mix just until everything is combined, making sure you don’t have any pockets of dry ingredients.
Fill the donut pan with the batter to about 2/3 full. I find that this is easiest by putting the batter into a piping bag or large ziplock bag, cutting off the corner to use it as a piping bag.
Bake the donuts until they spring back when lightly touched on top, about 12 minutes. Let the donuts cool in the pan for about 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
To make the icing, combine the powdered sugar, peanut butter, and half of the milk in a bowl. Whisk to combine. Continue to add the milk until you have your desired consistency.
Once the donuts are cool, top them with the icing.

Notes

*I usually use vegetable oil or avocado oil, but any neutral flavored oil should work. You could also use melted butter.

If you only have one 6-cavity donut pan, it will take a little longer since you will need to bake the batter in 4 batches.

Nutrition information provided as an estimate only. Various brands and products can change the counts. Any nutritional information should be used as a general guideline.

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