Baked Peanut Butter Donuts
These baked peanut butter donuts are a delicious, homemade treat that are ready in under 30 minutes! You can’t beat that. If you’re like me, you don’t really enjoy going to those big donut chains. The donuts just taste fake to me, anyone else? When I can make something at home that I like better than buying, I think that’s a win!
I know! You think donuts (or doughnuts? you get what I’m saying!) and you automatically think fried, right? Think again! All you need is one or two of these donut pans, and you are set! This recipe makes a dozen donuts, so if you just want to use one pan that’s fine, you just need to make them twice.
Honestly, I tried to make these baked peanut butter donuts even healthier by adding flaxseed meal or whole wheat flour, but I found that when it comes to some things, its better to just enjoy one or two and not worry about the calories and added nutrition. It’s all about balance, right?
They are actually super simple to make. In a nutshell, you have to mix the dry ingredients in one bowl, mix the wet ingredients in another bowl, and then mix them all together gently. You don’t want to overmix them because they will get tough, kind of like how you would make muffins. Be gentle mixing everything together at the end and you will have really delicious, moist donuts.
I used a chocolate ganache as the frosting of these donuts. You could skip that step all together, you could make a peanut butter glaze, a regular glaze, or just mix the donuts in cinnamon and sugar. All of those options would be amazing! Helpful hint, I double dipped these donuts in the chocolate frosting. I am making a rule, it’s a-ok to double dip to make the chocolate icing thicker! Maybe even triple dip if you’re feelings crazy!
Need more breakfast ideas? Check out these Apple Streusel Muffins or this Cherry Almond Granola!
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Baked Peanut Butter Donuts
Recipe details
- 12 donuts
- Prep time: 10 Minutes Cook time: 30 Minutes Total time: 40 min
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Where do I get these special doughnut pans??
If you don’t want peanut butter flavor can you just not include it?