Baked Chocolate Chip Banana Doughnuts

I came across this recipe on Pinterest and thought what a fun recipe. I didn’t think much about it until I came across it again on Tastebook and thought maybe it was time to give it a chance. You may remember my post about Baked Cake Doughnuts, well this Banana Chocolate Chip Doughnut recipe is also baked and really easy to make in advance for Sunday brunch or your upcoming party! It’s on the menu this weekend and everyone is going crazy over the idea of bananas and chocolate chips as a doughnut 🙂

Baked Chocolate Chip Banana Doughnuts

Recipe courtesy of Janie’s Kitchen.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Mashed Ripe Banana (about 2 small bananas)
• 1/2 cup Raw Cane Sugar
• 1/2 cup Fat Free Greek Yogurt
• 1/4 cup Melted Unsalted Butter
• 2 Eggs at Room Temperature
• 1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
• 2 cups Spelt White Flours (recipe also mentions you can also use AP Flour)
• 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
• 1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
• 1/4 teaspoon Salt
• 1 cup Chocolate Chips

TOPPING:

• 1/4 cup Raw Cane Sugar
• 1 tablespoon Cinnamon

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 325F
2. Using your electric mixer with the whisk attachment, add the mashed banana, sugar and greek yogurt. Mix until incorporated.
3. Add melted butter, eggs and vanilla extra and mix.
4. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt to the batter and mix until just incorporated. Do not over mix!
5. Using a spatula, fold in the chocolate chips.
6. Scoop the batter into a zip lock bag and seal shut. Using scissors, snip the bottom corner of one side of the ziplock bag to create your homemade piping bag.
7. Grease your doughnut baking pan and pipe 3/4 full the batter into each doughnut mold.
8. Optional: Sprinkle cinnamon and sugar mixture on top of each doughnut batter before baking. Or you can dip the doughnuts once baked in the cinnamon sugar mixture. You may need to paint melted butter on top of each doughnut before dipping the doughnuts in the sugar mixture to allow them to stick. Both options work perfectly.
9. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes. Remove from the pan and allow to cool before eating.

Photo courtesy of www.madefromchocolate.com.