Banana Baked Donuts
Banana Baked Donuts with a brown butter glaze
Servings: 6 donuts
Ingredients
For Donuts:
- 1 cup (120 grams) all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup (107 grams) brown sugar packed
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 overripe bananas mashed
- 2 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
- 1 large egg
For Glaze:
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 cup (113 grams) powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- milk or heavy cream as needed
Instructions
For Donuts:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees (F). Spray your donut mold with non-stick spray and set aside.
- In a medium-sized bowl whisk together the flour, light brown sugar, salt, and baking powder.
- In a separate bowl mix the mashed bananas, melted butter, and egg. Gently fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Mix only until just combined. The batter will be thick.
- Spoon the batter into the donut pan and place the donut pan on a cookie sheet.
- Put the donuts into the pre-heated oven and bake for 17-20 minutes or until they spring back when lightly pressed.
- Remove from oven allow and allow to cool in the pan for 10 minutes and then remove and allow to cool fully.
For Glaze:
- Melt the butter in a medium-sized saucepan. It will start to foam and you will see orangy brown bits form at the bottom of the pan, this will take about 5 minutes.
- Remove from heat and allow the butter to cool slightly.
- Add the powdered sugar and vanilla and whisk until no longer lumpy. If the glaze to too thick you can small amounts of milk or heavy cream.
- Dip the tops of the donuts into the glaze.