These baked, sweet cinnamon donuts are packed with flavor and topped with an incredible buttery brown sugar icing. The fresh, soft, and melt in your mouth texture is everything you need in a donut! They’re are perfect served warm for breakfast or afternoon snack and best paired with a coffee or tea. But, as always, I love eating them as a sweet treat after dinner for dessert!
Baked donuts can be a healthier alternative to deep fried donuts and store bought options. Even better, the ingredients don’t include any type of preservatives and can be customized to fit a variety of dietary restrictions. When thinking of and creating the tastiest sulfite free desserts, I always try to fit in a variety of possible substitutes ranging from milk to oils and spices. These donuts meet So if you need a flexible dessert to try to make at home, this is one I’d highly recommend!
Ingredients
- Unbleached and organic all purpose flour
- Organic banana
- Organic cane sugar (can sub coconut sugar)
- Natural maple syrup
- Organic whole milk or almond milk
- Sea salt
- Baking soda
- Organic cinnamon
- Organic salted or unsalted butter
Making the Baked Cinnamon Donuts
If you’ve never made baked donuts, you’ll love just how easy they are to make-from start to finish! I use two donut pans that I ordered from amazon. They’re relatively cheap and having donut pans around has made baking a lot more fun.
To make these donuts, start preheating the oven to 375 and greasing the donut pans well. Then mash the banana and melt 4 tablespoons of butter (comes out to about 1/3 of a cup). In a large bowl, mix together the banana, maple syrup, and sugar. Then stir in the melted butter and the milk. You want to make sure the milk is not very cold because it will cause the butter to clump together. Mix the ingredients well and add the flour, sea salt, cinnamon, and baking soda on top. Stir from top to bottom combining all ingredients until you have a smooth batter.
Pour the batter into the donut holes until each is filled about 3/4 of the way. This recipe makes 12 small-medium sized donuts but can make about 8 larger donuts if you fill the holes almost all the way. I find the 12 donut servings work best and you will avoid overflowing or donuts that are uneven on the top. Next, bake the donuts in the oven for 12-14 minutes or until a toothpick comes out dry. Let the donuts cool entirely.
Making the Brown Sugar Icing
The last step is to make the brown sugar icing. This is completely optional, but if you’re looking for a more sugary treat, I highly recommend adding it! Start by melting the butter and sugar in a pan on the stove over low heat. When runny and well combined, add in the cinnamon and stir well. Then take the donuts and dip them into the icing mix. Place the cinnamon donuts on a sheet of parchment paper or a cookie rack and let them dry then enjoy!
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Baked Cinnamon Donuts with Brown Sugar Icing
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 pinch sea salt
- 1 medium banana mashed
- 1/2 cup cane sugar
- 1/3 cup butter melted
- 1/3 cup milk sub almond milk
- 3 tbsp maple syrup
Brown sugar icing
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1/2 cup cane sugar
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix together the mashed banana, maple syrup, and cane sugar.
- Then stir in the milk and melted butter (make sure the milk isn't too cold or the melted butter will clump).
- Add the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and sea salt to the top of the mix and slowly combine from the top to the bottom.
- When well mixed, pour the batter into two well greased donut pans until each is filled around 3/4 of the way.
- Bake on 375 for 12-14 minutes or until a toothpick comes out dry.
- Let the donuts cool entirely before making the icing and dipping the donuts into the icing mix.
Icing
- Melt the butter and sugar together in a pan on low heat.
- When well combined and runny, add in the cinnamon and continue stirring until you are ready to dip the donuts into the mix.
