Today’s Baked Banana Bread Donuts with Browned Butter Glaze Recipe have a delicate crumb, the flavor of banana bread, and the brown butter frosting gives the perfect finish! Our baked banana donuts are one of our most popular posts–our Banana Donut was an original creation back in 2014. We love that our banana donuts have been a part of your baking over the years.
Why we love our Banana Donuts
We love this banana bread recipe so much because the original recipe came from my Gram (the inspiration for our blog), over the years I’ve made a few changes to make them healthier.
Like reducing the fat by adding applesauce and replacing whole eggs with egg whites to reduce fat and cholesterol. I promise you’ll never be able to tell the difference at all!
Give our Skinny Baked Pumpkin Donuts a try!
How to make Baked Banana Bread Donuts
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Coat donut pan with spray cooking spray; set aside. (if you prefer muffins prep muffin tin)
- In a large mixing bowl beat butter and sugar; mix 2-3 minutes until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs one at a time; mixing and scraping with each addition.
- Add applesauce, banana’s, lemon juice; mix until smooth.
- Add flour and baking soda; mix until 80% incorporated (do not over mix- a few lumps are fine)
- Place half the batter into a gallon ziplock baggie, snip the end off, fill donut pan 2/3 the way full or pour into lined muffin tins. (I recommend working with half of the batter at a time.)
- Donuts 7-9 minutes, muffins 18-20 minutes.
- Donuts are done when spring back with a light touch and lightly browned.
- Muffins are done when an inserted toothpick removes clean.
- Cool in pans on a wire rack for 5 minutes, then turn out on rack to finish cooling.
How to make Browned Butter Glaze
- In a small sauce pan on melt butter over medium high heat, watch carefully when it reaches a medium brown color and nutty aroma remove from heat.
- Whisk in 1 cup powdered sugar at a time, adding 1 tablespoon milk as it thickens; adjust milk as necessary– make sure it’s thick enough to coat top of donuts.
- Add vanilla; whisk until smooth.
- Drizzle hot glaze over the tops of donuts or muffins.
- Sets up as cools so work quickly.
- Allow to cool and enjoy your Baked Banana Bread Donuts with Browned Butter Glaze Recipe!
Helpful baking tips for higher elevations
- If you live 3,000 feet above sea level or more it is considered high elevation and may take longer to cook/bake.
- Adjustments are needed for 5000+ feet and above:
- Reduce baking powder: for each teaspoon, decrease 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon.
- Reduce sugar: for each cup, decrease 2 tablespoons.
- Increase liquid: for each cup, add 2 to 4 tablespoons.
- Increase oven temperature by 25 degrees F.
- Check if it is done a little early.
- This takes some trial and error to get it right for you.
Learn more HERE
Yield: 24
Today's Baked Banana Bread Donuts with Browned Butter Glaze Recipe have a delicate crumb, the flavor of banana bread, and the brown butter frosting gives the perfect finish!
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
- 1/2 cup applesauce
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 whole eggs and 4 egg whites for reduced fat/cholesterol (or 4 eggs), room temperature
- 2 2/3 cup flour
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, about 1/2 a lemon
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 4 overripe bananas, mashed
- Browned Butter Glaze:
- 1/4 cup butter, browned on stove
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon vanilla
- 2-3 tablespoons lowfat milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Coat donut pan with spray cooking spray; set aside. (if you prefer muffins prep muffin tin)
- In a large mixing bowl beat butter and sugar; mix 2-3 minutes until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs one at a time; mixing and scraping with each addition.
- Add applesauce, banana's, lemon juice; mix until smooth.
- Add flour and baking soda; mix until 80% incorporated (do not over mix- a few lumps are fine)
- Place half the batter into a gallon ziplock baggie, snip the end off, fill donut pan 2/3 the way full or pour into lined muffin tins. (I recommend working with half of the batter at a time.)
- Donuts 7-9 minutes, muffins 18-20 minutes.
- Donuts are done when spring back with a light touch and lightly browned.
- Muffins are done when an inserted toothpick removes clean.
- Cool in pans on a wire rack for 5 minutes, then turn out on rack to finish cooling.
- Browned Butter Glaze:
- In a small sauce pan on melt butter over medium high heat, watch carefully when it reaches a medium brown color and nutty aroma remove from heat.
- Whisk in 1 cup powdered sugar at a time, adding 1 tablespoon milk as it thickens; adjust milk as necessary-- make sure it's thick enough to coat top of donuts.
- Add vanilla; whisk until smooth.
- Drizzle hot glaze over the tops of donuts or muffins.
- Sets up as cools so work quickly.
- Allow to cool and enjoy your Baked Banana Bread Donuts with Browned Butter Glaze Recipe!
- **this recipe can be made as muffins if a donut pan is not available--it will yield 18 large muffins filled 3/4 the way full.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
24Serving Size:
1
Amount Per Serving:Calories: 197Total Fat: 7gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 32mgSodium: 171mgCarbohydrates: 32gFiber: 1gSugar: 19gProtein: 3g
More Baked Donuts
- Strawberries and Cream Baked Donuts
- Skinny Baked Pumpkin Donuts Recipe
- Tiffany Blue Baked Vanilla Donuts Recipe
- Baked Blueberry Lemon Donuts Recipe
- Baked Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Donuts
- Baked Carrot Cake Donuts with Orange Cream Cheese Glaze Recipe
Enjoy some Baked Banana Bread Donuts with Browned Butter Glaze this week!
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