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These easy Baked Vegan Donuts are perfectly light, fluffy and moist! This banana donut recipe is plant based and can be whipped up in less than 30 minutes! The cinnamon sugar coating is incredible, but optional if you want to keep these a little on the lighter side.
Love a simple vegan baking recipe? Well that’s convenient because you need to try these No bake Cheerio Bars, my Amazing Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies, as well as my easy Peanut Butter Bars.
My family went nuts over these Baked Vegan Donuts! They are the best addition to your breakfast or brunch menu, and you’re going to love them. They disappeared SO fast in my house, and I’ll definitely be making another batch soon!
I already have a Pumpkin Vegan Donuts recipe but really wanted to have a simple vegan donut recipe that’s wonderful all year round. These turned out better than I could have dreamed!
Ingredients you’ll need
This vegan donut recipe packs in the nutrients with nut butter, mashed banana and they are naturally sweetened with pure maple syrup! Here are the main ingredients
- Flour: I recommend using all-purpose or whole wheat pastry flour for a soft, tender crumb. To keep these gluten free, use a 1-to-1 gluten-free all-purpose flour.
- Maple syrup: For the perfect amount of natural sweetness.
- Non-dairy milk: Any dairy-free milk will work great! I typically like to use almond milk, soy milk or oat milk.
- Nut butter: Gives these donuts a boost of healthy fats while making the texture absolutely perfect.
- Mashed banana: For moisture and extra natural sweetness.
How to make this recipe
Make the batter: in a large bowl, mash the bananas and mix in the remaining wet ingredients. Add the dry ingredients in and mix.
Pie into the pan: I put the batter in a piping bag and pipe it into the donut pan but you can also just use a spoon.
Frequently asked questions
Baked donuts are really delicious but they don’t taste exactly like fried donuts. They will also have more of a cakey texture more like a muffin or small round cake.
Once these have been baking for 15 minutes, check on them and if they look golden brown and set, insert a toothpick in the middle and if it comes out clean or with just a few moist crumbs they’re done.
Yes, mix 1 cup powdered sugar with 2 to 3 tbsp of milk and 1/2 tsp vanilla extract. Dip the cooled donuts into the glaze, allowing any excess to drip off.
If your donuts are sticking to the pan, my advice is to make sure that you grease the pan well. I never have any issues as long as the donut pan is well greased.
Donut baking pans
I have THIS donut baking pan but here are a few other options as well:
Baked Vegan Donuts
Ingredients
- 1 medium banana, mashed
- ½ cup almond milk
- 3 tablespoons nut butter, peanut butter or almond butter works
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup flour, I use all-purpose but you can also use whole wheat, pastry flour, or a gluten free 1-to-1 substitute
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- pinch salt
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
For the cinnamon sugar coating:
- Cooking spray
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ tablespoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 6 cavity donut pan.
- In a large bowl, mash your banana until few lumps remain. Stir in the milk, nut butter, maple syrup, and vanilla extract. Stir until well combined.1 medium banana, 1/2 cup almond milk, 3 tablespoons nut butter, 1/4 cup maple syrup, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Over top of the wet ingredients, sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon and mix everything together to combine.1 cup flour, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon baking powder, pinch salt, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- Evenly spoon the mixture into the 6 donut pan.
- Bake in oven for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Let cool slightly and then remove from the pan to a wire rack to cool more.
- Make the cinnamon sugar coating by combining the cinnamon and sugar in a shallow bowl. Once the donuts have cooled enough to easily handle them, lightly spray each one with cooking spray and then roll them in the sugar coating. ENJOY!Cooking spray, 1/2 cup sugar, ½ tablespoon ground cinnamon
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
These turned out to be a banana cake in the shape of a donut. Not the classic donut texture or taste.
These were so easy to make and very fluffy. I loved the texture. I didn’t add sugar coating as I am trying to limit added sugar. These were very tasty and I will make them again.
such an easy and delicious recipe! i substituted apple sauce because i didn’t have any bananas and it turned out great!! couldn’t recommend this recipe more!
Made these tonight for the first time and LOVED them! Super easy to make and they came out so delicious!
These sound great!!! I’m wondering if they would work with oat flour?
I have a very similar recipe using oat flour. It’s for muffins but would work well as baked donuts as well! https://foodwithfeeling.com/oat-flour-muffins/
These donuts are delicious and so easy to make! I swapped the nut butter for vegan butter and the banana for applesauce to make an apple cinnamon version. They turned out perfectly soft with a nice apple cinnamon flavor.
I just came across this recipe as i’m wanting to make some for a looong road trip. I plan to substitute like you did so I’m glad it worked out well for you!
This recipe was just what I was looking for. No eggs or yeast. I didn’t have almond milk so I used water and added a little almond flour. I was afraid these would taste funny due to the combination of ingredients, but the peanut butter, banana and maple syrup really balanced each other! At times I could get a hint of PB or banana but mostly they just averaged out into a soft delicious doughy taste. I did have a bit of trouble getting the sugar mixture to stick well with the cooking spray. Maybe because I was using pretty coarse grain sugar. But other than that, these were awesome!! Thanks so much. :)