Grain-Free Baked Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Donuts

These baked Grain-Free Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Donuts are my new favorite way to enjoy banana bread! They are made with my favorite blend of grain-free flours, smashed banana, chocolate chips, and perfectly sweetened with maple sugar to keep these healthy donuts refined sugar-free!

Oh.Em.Gee. Banana bread in loaf form is totally a thing of the past in my opinion. I mean, delicious, comforting, easy banana bread in donut form in a quarter of the time? You’d be silly not to try it 😉 All joking aside, these Grain-Free Banana Bread Donuts “taste just like banana bread”… straight from the mouth of my overly honest five year old, lol. So you know they’ve gotta be good.

I woke up super duper early one morning and couldn’t go back to sleep. The idea of banana bread donuts popped in my head immediately. Weird. I tried to ignore the call to make them right away and go back to sleep, but I couldn’t.

So I got right on it. I also happened to have 3 very ripe bananas sitting on my counter that were begging me to use them… all the stars seemed to align for this delicious gluten-free, vegan, grain-free recipe my friends. Anddd they most certainly were worth the early wake up call.

Donut Ingredients

• 1 cup plant milk (such as flax, oat, almond, soy, etc.) 
• 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar 
• 1 cup cassava flour (*see notes below) 
• ½ cup almond flour 
• ½ cup coconut flour 
• ½ cup maple sugar (may sub with coconut sugar) 
• ¼ teaspoon salt 
• ½ teaspoon baking soda 
• 1 teaspoon baking powder 
• 2 teaspoon cinnamon 
• 3 ripe bananas 
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 
• ¼ cup grapeseed/avocado oil 
• ½ cup dark chocolate chips

How To Make These Baked Donuts

These Grain-Free Baked Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Donuts are so easy to make, and I love how they only need to bake for 15 minutes! Traditional banana bread takes almost and hour and sometimes you’ll find yourself with an undercooked center (I hate that!), so it’s totally a win-win here.

Step 1

In a glass bowl or measuring cup whisk together the plant milk and apple cider vinegar and let it sit for about 10 minutes to create a vegan buttermilk.

Step 2

Preheat oven to 350 F. Then combine my favorite grain-free flour blend of cassava flour, almond flour, and coconut flour together with baking soda, baking powder, maple sugar (or you can use coconut sugar), cinnamon, and a little salt. Whisk to combine the dry ingredients well.

Step 3

In a separate bowl smash the bananas with pure vanilla extract, grapeseed/avocado oil, and my vegan buttermilk.

Step 4

Combine the two mixtures to form the banana donut batter and then gently fold in the dark chocolate chips.

Step 5

Lightly spray a donut baking pan with oil (it helps if you have 2 donut pans to save time), then fill a piping bag with the batter, or alternatively you can use a gallon plastic bag with the tip cut off. Pipe the batter into a donut baking pan. Tap the donut pan on the counter until all the batter is level.

I find if you pipe the batter into the donut pans the donuts come out a bit smoother in texture, but if you don’t care about that you can certainly just spoon the batter into the greased donut pans.

Step 6

Then you just bake the donuts for 15 minutes and allow them to cool for about 20 minutes and devour!

How To Store These Donuts

Store uncovered on your counter for up to 2 days, then transfer to the fridge or freezer and warm slightly before enjoying.

Recommended Cassava Flour

Sometimes baking with cassava flour can be tricky. Not all cassava flours have the same texture and weight which leads to varying recipe results. In this recipe I used Bob’s Red Mill Cassava Flour (not sponsored- just want you to have a successful experience making this recipe!). I have also had success with Otto’s or Let’s Do Organic Cassava Flour.

What If My Batter Is Runny?

If your batter is runny after following the ingredients exactly, it could be due to the cassava flour. My suggestion would be to add little bits of cassava flour at a time until you achieve an almost dough-like consistency.

Remember! Gluten-free batter shouldn’t be runny or have the same consistency as traditional batters that are more runny in texture.

I think you’re going to love these Grain-Free Baked Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Donuts just like my family and I! Let me know if this is your new favorite way to banana bread down below in the comments section, as well as giving it a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ rating  so that others can discover this fun, grain-free alternative! Tag me on Instagram, Facebook, or Pinterest so I can see all of your recreations.

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