Healthy Gluten Free Cinnamon Sugar Banana Donut Holes

Healthy Gluten Free Cinnamon Sugar Banana Donut Holes

Every now and again you taste a treat that is so good and so beautiful that you have to take a step back and take a bite out of it and say, “Sh*t that’s good!

This is one of those recipes!

Healthy Gluten Free Cinnamon Sugar Banana Donut Holes

What You Need To Make Gluten Free Cinnamon Sugar Banana Donut Holes

  • Egg
  • Brown sugar
  • Cane ugar
  • Butter of choice
  • Greek yogurt
  • Vanilla extract
  • Bananas
  • Gluten free all purpose flour (I used the King Arthur brand)
  • Collagen peptides
  • Baking soda
  • Sea salt
  • Cinnamon
Healthy Gluten Free Cinnamon Sugar Banana Donut Holes

How To Make The Perfect Donut Hole

The key to these donut holes is using a mini muffin tin and not scooping too much batter into the tin.

I recommend only adding 1 Tbsp of dough in each mini muffin tin portion. Otherwise, your donut holes will be less like donut holes and more like a large cinnamon sugar baseball…but a tasty one at that!

Healthy Gluten Free Cinnamon Sugar Banana Donut Holes

To make the perfect cinnamon sugar coating don’t skimp on the butter! Coating the melted butter in the baked donut holes is key to making the cinnamon sugar mixture stick.

Healthy Gluten Free Cinnamon Sugar Banana Donut Holes

Mixing The Cinnamon Sugar Coating

I recommend adding about 1-2 Tbsp of cinnamon to the 3/4 cup of sugar in a small bowl. For more of a sugary-flavor and less of a cinnamon flavor I would recommend only adding 1 tbsp of cinnamon.

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Healthy Gluten Free Cinnamon Sugar Banana Donut Holes

  • Author: Aimee Wera
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 17 minutes
  • Total Time: 32 minutes
  • Yield: 36 donut holes 1x
  • Category: Breakfast
  • Method: Bake
  • Cuisine: Breakast
  • Diet: Gluten Free

Description

Fluffy and flavorful Gluten free cinnamon banana donut holes that are perfectly sweet! These can be made dairy free!


Ingredients

Scale
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tbsp brown sugar
  • 1 Tbsp cane sugar
  • 1/4 cup melted butter
  • 1/4 cup greek yogurt (or dairy-free yogurt of choice)
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 cup mashed banana (about 2 large)
  • 1 1/4 cup self rising flour (To make this for every 1 cup of flour add 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder and 1/4 tsp salt)
  • 1 scoop collagen
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda

Cinnamon sugar coating

  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 5 tbsp butter melted 
  • 2 TBSP cinnamon

Instructions

  1. Spray a mini muffin tin with non-stick spray and preheat the oven to 350.
  2. In a large bowl combine the egg, melted butter, greek yogurt, mashed banana, collagen peptides, vanilla extract, brown sugar, and cane sugar. Get out as many lumps as you can. A few will be in there from the banana and that is A ok!
  3. Add the self-rising flour and baking soda in a separate medium-sized bowl and mix until combined. 
  4. Mix the dry ingredients into the wet and mix until everything is combined.
  5. Using a tablespoon, spoon the batter into the mini muffin tin.
  6. Bake in the oven for 14-17 minutes.
  7. While the donut holes are baking, prepare the cinnamon sugar topping. Pour the melted butter into a small bowl and combine the cinnamon and sugar together in another small bowl.
  8. Take out of the oven and let cool for 5 minutes.
  9. Role the donut hole in the butter using a fork to coat it. Be sure to tap out the extra butter by scooping the donut hole with a fork and letting the excess butter drip over the melted butter bowl.
  10. Then, coat the banana donut hole in the cinnamon sugar mixture and set aside.
  11. Repeat until all of the banana donut holes are coated and enjoy!
  12. Store these in a container for a max of 2 days! (if they last that long)

Notes

Nutritional information is roughly estimated


Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 donut hole
  • Calories: 71
  • Sugar: 6
  • Fat: 3
  • Carbohydrates: 10
  • Fiber: 1
  • Protein: 1

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Looking for more Gluten Free breakfast recipes? Check out my other recipes below:

Vegan Peanut Butter Chocolate Glazed Donuts

Vegan Peanut Butter Chocolate Glazed Donuts

Oh baby, these gluten free donuts are moist and perfectly sweet, making them a great mid day snack or post-workout treat to pair with a protein shake since they contain only 6 grams of fat.

Before getting to the ingredients I need to stress the importance of using a donut pan for this. I recommend using a silicon one as I feel the batter doesn’t stick as much compared to tins. You could try to make this recipe using muffin tins but I can’t guarantee they will turn out as the batter may not rise enough to yield a full 6 muffins.

Vegan Gluten Free Peanut Butter Chocolate Glazed Donuts

Here’s What You’ll Need

  • All purpose gluten free flour
  • Cacao powder
  • Sweetener of choice (I chose Truvia baking blend but feel to choose whichever you like)
  • Unsweetened applesauce
  • Dairy-free milk
  • Vegan butter
  • Peanut butter
  • Powdered peanut butter (I used The Lion’s Choice Kit Kat kind as it had the crunchy topping on it)
  • Powdered sugar

For the most part, these can be whipped up at almost any time as these are ingredients you are likely to have on hand. My inspiration to make these actually came from me staring into my fridge and cupboards and sitting with an intense grin on my face contemplating what I could make…Eventually it came to me.

Vegan Gluten Free Peanut Butter Chocolate Glazed Donuts

This recipe will also be rather simple and straight forward to make as well since you will mainly be adding the wet to the dry ingredients. There is no fancy food processor or beaters involved, just.a good ol’ bowl, whisk, and some elbow grease.

Once the wet to the dry is added you will then load the batter into a ziplock bag and cut a small whole in it. After you will pipe the batter into the donuts and fill them all the way full. These will not rise very much so you want to get it as close to that top fill line as possible.

Vegan Gluten Free Peanut Butter Chocolate Glazed Donuts

While the donuts are baking away lets get to making that shiny bakery-style glaze!

Let’s Make the Glaze

Could a donut be complete without a signature glaze to complement its dense texture?

For this, all you’ll need is to mix the powdered sugar, powdered peanut butter, and milk together in a small bowl that will be big enough for dipping the donuts.

You may tweak the amount of powdered sugar the recipe calls for if you prefer a thicker icing so I would recommend increasing the powdered sugar by 2 Tablespoons. If you happen to add more milk you can also do this as well to make it less runny. I can confirm I have tested it and it has worked!

Vegan Gluten Free Peanut Butter Chocolate Glazed Donuts

Once the donuts have cooled off for about 10 minutes, it’s time to lather them in the glaze.

Grab the donuts and dip them halfway in the icing and slightly turn them in a circle. Hold the donut above the bowl and let the excess icing drip for a bit and then place it on the cooling rack.

You will notice the icing will start to set on the donuts rather fast.

Vegan Gluten Free Peanut Butter Chocolate Glazed Donuts

I also recommend topping these with sprinkles because well, what’s a donut without sprinkles?

Vegan Gluten Free Peanut Butter Chocolate Glazed Donuts

When they have all been glazed I recommend storing them in an air tight container for two days max. I admit I did not store these in the fridge, so they could last longer but I was also realistic with my self control when making these..

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Vegan Peanut Butter Chocolate Glazed Donuts

  • Author: Aimee Wera
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 28
  • Total Time: 43
  • Yield: 8 Glazed Donuts 1x
  • Category: Snack, dessert
  • Diet: Vegan

Description

Perfectly sweet peanut butter chocolate gluten free donuts made with only a few ingredients and topped with a yummy peanut butter glaze!


Ingredients

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For the Donuts:

  • 1 cup off all-purpose gluten free flour
  • 2 1/2 Tbsp cacao powder
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp sea salt
  • 1/4 cup + 2 Tbsp sweetener of choice (I used truvia)
  • 2/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 1/3 cup non-dairy milk (I used cashew)
  • 2 Tbsp peanut butter
  • 3 Tbsp vegan butter
  • (optional) sprinkles to top

For the Glaze:

  • 1/3 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 Tbsp powdered peanut butter  (I used The Lion’s Choice Kit Kat kind since it had the crunchy pieces on it)
  • 1 1/4 tsp non-dairy milk

Instructions

For the Donuts:

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and spray a donut pan with non-stick spray. I recommend using a silicon pan as the batter is less likely to stick.
  2. Add all dry ingredients into a medium-sized bowl and combine.
  3. Melt the peanut butter and vegan butter in a small bowl in the microwave for 20 seconds.
  4. Add the peanut butter and vegan butter mixture into another bowl with the rest of the wet ingredients and mix until the ingredients are combined.
  5. Add the wet to the dry and combine.
  6. Add the batter into a medium-sized ziplock bag and cut a hole in the corner of it. Then, pipe the batter into the donut tray until they are full. You will have enough batter to make 8 donuts.
  7. Bake for 22-28 minutes. Make sure you check the middle of the donut as this is likely the last place they will bake. So, when you are putting a toothpick in it I would recommend putting it in the center first.
  8. Let them cool for 10 minutes and then dip them in the glaze mixture.
  9. Top with sprinkles and store in an airtight container for 2 days.

For the Glaze:

  1. Add all the ingredients into a small bowl that is large enough to dip the donuts in. 
  2. If you prefer a thinner icing, I would a dash more of milk. Alternatively, if you would like a thicker icing, I would add less milk.
  3. Once the donuts have cooled lightly dip them halfway and twist them at the end.


Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 Glazed Donut
  • Sugar: 11
  • Fat: 6
  • Carbohydrates: 30
  • Fiber: 2
  • Protein: 3

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