Valentine’s Day is true across the nook and I simply love that it falls on a Sunday this yr! It’s the primary Valentine’s Day that my daughter will actually be capable to take pleasure in so I wished to make her one thing enjoyable and candy, however nonetheless on the more healthy facet. So I made her these completely DELICIOUS strawberry banana donuts! No want for tons of sweetener as a result of they’re naturally sweetened with the fruit in addition to a little bit of honey. I topped them off with some melted chocolate that I coloured pink to make them fairly and festive.
That is really my first time ever making donuts, and let me let you know, they’re really easy! These donuts are baked, not fried, made with zero oil, butter or refined sugar and so they solely take about 10 to 12 minutes within the oven! Tremendous easy to whip up on these lazy weekend mornings and, after all, I added enjoyable sprinkles to have fun Valentine’s Day which my daughter completely liked! Not solely are these nice for teenagers, however they make actually nice Galentine’s treats on your girlfriends!
INGREDIENTS YOU’LL NEED
- Almond flour
- Oat flour
- Baking powder
- Bananas (very ripe!)
- Strawberries
- Eggs
- Almond milk (or milk of alternative)
- Honey
You may simply make your personal oat flour by mixing rolled oats (or immediate oats) in your meals processor or blender for about 60 seconds till they resemble a high-quality, powdery flour. Tremendous simple! You may after all simply purchase your personal oat flour on the retailer, however this technique saves you cash and the flour will last as long as three months in your pantry. The ratio for oat flour is one cup of oats = one cup of oat flour so it’s fairly simple to measure out.
HOW TO MAKE STRAWBERRY BANANA DONUTS
- Make the batter. In a big bowl, combine collectively the flours, baking powder and salt whereas in a separate bowl whisk collectively the mashed banana, eggs, milk, honey and vanilla. Add the moist components to the flours and blend till simply mixed (you don’t need to over combine the batter). Then fold within the finely chopped strawberries, ensuring you chopped the strawberries actually small.
- Get out your donut pan. To make these donuts you’ll want two 6-count donut pans like these. Spray them actually good with nonstick spray in order that your donuts will pop proper out! Then, utilizing a pastry bag or ziplock bag, spoon the batter into the bag and snip off the nook. Pipe the batter into every donut nicely till they’re all crammed (this recipe makes precisely 12 donuts).
- Bake the donuts! Pop the donuts into the oven at 350 levels F for about 10 to 12 minutes, till golden and a toothpick inserted comes out clear. You need to watch out about over-baking them as a result of donuts really bake actually shortly!
- Make the glaze. Whereas the donuts are cooling on a wire rack, you may make the chocolate glaze. In a small bowl, add a 1/2 cup of white chocolate chips and a few tablespoon of coconut oil and soften within the microwave. You’ll need to soften the chocolate in 30 second intervals, mixing every time till you attain that excellent melty consistency.
- Adorn and luxuriate in! As soon as your chocolate is melted, dip the tops of every donut into the chocolate and adorn with enjoyable sprinkles! I discovered these sprinkles from Layer Cake Store which has a complete assortment to select from for any vacation!
WHAT KIND OF GLAZE SHOULD I USE?
To prime these donuts, I used a white chocolate glaze that I coloured with pink meals coloring, however there are different choices you would do too! I’ve made donuts earlier than with essentially the most scrumptious cream cheese glaze that’s tremendous simple to whip up. All you want is a few 1/2 cup of cream cheese, a tablespoon of honey (or maple syrup), and some tablespoons of milk to skinny out the glaze. Microwave the cream cheese for about 30 seconds till it has softened, then whisk within the honey and milk. Then simply dip the donuts into the glaze and prime with sprinkles!
