Snickerdoodle Banana Baked Donuts
Moist, fluffy, and cakey – this recipe for Snickerdoodle Banana Baked Donuts uses up overly ripe bananas and snickerdoodles into a baked donut recipe you can easily make on a weekend morning in under an hour!
If you're looking for more brunch recipes, be sure to check out some of my other favorites like Baked Chai Donuts With Sourdough Discard, Homemade Sesame Bagels, Raspberry Cream Cheese Spread, or Eggless Banana Waffles.
A Quick Look At The Recipe
- Recipe Name: Snickerdoodle Banana Baked Donuts
- Ready In: 25 minutes
- Makes: 12 donuts
- Main Ingredients: banana, butter, cinnamon, all purpose flour
- Flavor Profile: sweet banana, warmly spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg
- Dietary Info: no seed oils
- Difficulty: Easy!
- Why You’ll Love It: cozy, bakery-style donuts without frying
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Why You'll Love This Recipe
- Natural Sweetness: These Cinnamon Sugar Banana Baked Donuts combine the natural sweetness of ripe bananas with the warm, comforting spices of cinnamon and nutmeg, creating a flavorful treat that feels indulgent and comforting.
- Healthier Donuts: Baked instead of fried, these baked donuts are a healthier option that are free of seed oils while still offering a soft and moist texture, making them a guilt-free indulgence. Just like Maple Pumpkin Spice Baked Donuts or Carrot Cake Donuts with Apple Cider Glaze.
- Quick and Easy: Made in just one bowl, these homemade baked donuts come together quickly and are ready in under an hour! Perfect for weekend breakfast.
Ingredients
- Banana: You'll need a very ripe banana. Ripe and overly ripe bananas are best for baking because as they ripen, the starches turn into sugars. This softens the banana, which makes it easier to combine into baked goods. And, it also has a sweeter flavor with natural sugars.
- Cane Sugar: I use organic cane sugar because it's less processed than granulated white sugar. This also makes these organic donuts naturally sweet, versus being overly sweet especially with the cinnamon sugar coating.
- Dark Brown Sugar: I use my homemade dark brown sugar, but store bought also works.
- Baking Powder: Use baking powder, not soda for the right texture. Be sure to check out my post the Difference Between Baking Soda and Baking Powder for more info on leavening agents.
- Cinnamon: I use organic Korintje cinnamon, which is my favorite variety and has a distinct flavor. Check out my post the Best Cinnamon to Bake With for more info on the different varieties.
- Nutmeg: This is a classic spice used in man donut recipes and it provides a nostalgic donut flavor!
- Greek Yogurt: I use organic plain Greek yogurt, but you can also use sour cream too.
*For a full list of ingredients and measurements, visit the recipe card below.
Baker's Tips
- Always use a digital food scale for the best results.
- I use a mixing bowl and spatula to mix up the batter as this recipe is quick and easy. But, you can also use a hand mixer or stand mixer too.
- Make sure to use overly ripe banana for the best flavor.
- If you don't have a piping bag, you can spoon the batter into the donut pans.
- You want to ensure donuts are cooled enough before coating them. They can be a little warm, but not hot or they will break very easily.
- Store extra baked donuts under a cake dome or in an airtight container.
- High Altitude — Bake at 400°F for 8 to 12 minutes or until, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
How to Make Snickerdoodle Banana Baked Donuts
- Preheat the oven to 400°F. To make the batter: In a medium bowl, add the banana and mash up with a fork.
- Add the egg, melted butter, heavy whipping cream, Greek yogurt, and vanilla extract. Mix together.
- Add the flour, cane sugar, dark brown sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and sea salt.
- Mix together until a batter forms and there are no dry bits of flour.
- Transfer the batter to a piping bag.
- Grease the donut pans with avocado oil cooking spray. Pipe the batter into the donut pans.
- Bake for 10 to 14 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool completely in the pans. (Make sure to follow the instructions for high altitude at the bottom of the recipe in the Notes section).
- To make the topping: In a medium bowl, add the cane sugar and cinnamon.
- Melt the butter for the topping.
- Dip each donut into the melted butter and then dip it into the cinnamon and sugar mixture to coat it completely.
What to Serve With Snickerdoodle Banana Baked Donuts
- I love making these on a lazy weekend morning with an Iced Blueberry Latte as it makes feel like I'm going out for brunch, but I get to stay in!
- Enjoy with a side of yogurt and Crispy Chocolate Olive Oil Granola.
- Have as a side to Everything Bagel Turkey Breakfast Sausages or Fluffy Scrambled Eggs with Sour Cream.
Recipe FAQ's
Yes, absolutely! You can use your stand mixer or a hand mixer for this. But, it's really just so easy that even me (the laziest baker) is okay with just using a bowl!
If you don't have dark brown sugar, you can easily make your own Homemade Dark Brown Sugar with my easy recipe! But, you can also use light brown sugar as well, but they won't be as rich in flavor. The only difference between light brown sugar and dark brown sugar is the amount of molasses. So, while you can use these interchangeably in recipes and the recipe will work, the flavor will be different because you aren't getting as much molasses flavor when you use light brown sugar.
Yes, if you want to make these ahead of time you can do that! You can either make just the batter the night before, place in an airtight container in the fridge and then just pipe into the donut pans and bake the following morning for fresh donuts! Or you can make the whole recipe and bake them off the day before. Just be sure to store them in an airtight container, like a cake dome, if you are baking the day before so they don't dry out.
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Snickerdoodle Banana Baked Donuts
Equipment
- Digital Food Scale
- Mixing Bowl
- Whisk
- Donut Pans
- Piping Bags
Ingredients
Batter
- 1 large banana ripe
- 1 large egg
- 85 grams salted butter (melted)
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- ½ cup plain Greek yogurt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 255 grams all purpose flour
- 113 grams cane sugar
- 57 grams dark brown sugar (packed)
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- avocado oil cooking spray
Topping
- 170 grams salted butter (melted)
- 226 grams cane sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F.
- To make the batter: In a medium bowl, add the banana and mash up with a fork.
- Add the egg, melted butter, heavy whipping cream, Greek yogurt, and vanilla extract. Mix together.
- Add the flour, cane sugar, dark brown sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and sea salt.
- Mix together until a batter forms and there are no dry bits of flour.
- Transfer the batter to a piping bag.
- Grease the donut pans with avocado oil cooking spray. Pipe the batter into the donut pans.
- Bake for 10 to 14 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool completely in the pans.
- To make the topping: In a medium bowl, add the cane sugar and cinnamon.
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Notes
- Always use a digital food scale for the best results.
- I use a mixing bowl and spatula to mix up the batter as this recipe is quick and easy. But, you can also use a hand mixer or stand mixer too.
- Make sure to use overly ripe banana for the best flavor.
- If you don't have a piping bag, you can spoon the batter into the donut pans.
- You want to ensure donuts are cooled enough before coating them. They can be a little warm, but not hot or they will break very easily.
- Store extra baked donuts under a cake dome or in an airtight container.
- High Altitude — Bake at 400°F for 8 to 12 minutes or until, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
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These are such a fun recipe when you have overly ripe bananas!
Best combination of taste and texture of banana bread + sugar donut. Melts in your mouth!
These are insane! This recipe has me feeling like Zoolander when he realizes the files are in the computer. 10 out of 10!!!
haha best comment ever right here!
Sooo good!!! My two favorite baked goods have finally come together in delicious harmony!!
No more going to Schats for donuts, these are so good and healthy, also eliminating seed oils, yum, yum!