Vegan Mini Peanut Butter Baked Donuts
The best sweet, moist, and fluffy vegan peanut butter baked donuts. This recipe is super easy and requires no yeast. You will love these mini peanut butter baked donuts!
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Vegan Mini Peanut Butter Baked Donuts
Good morning everyone! Today, I am so excited to share a delicious and easy recipe that is perfect to whip up for breakfast or dessert. This recipe is for miniature vegan baked donuts with a peanut butter icing and finely chopped roasted peanuts on top. The ingredients needed to make these peanut butter baked donuts are simple, and budget friendly. You’ll end up with fluffy, moist, and delicious baked donuts packed with peanut butter flavor.
As you guys have probably noticed, there are quite a few donut recipes on my blog. I absolutely love baked donuts, and I have so much fun making all kinds of flavor variations. Baked vegan donuts are insanely easy to make and super customizable, which is why I love them so much. Plus, this recipe doesn’t require any yeast, so it comes together a bit more quickly, which is just an added bonus.
Now, let’s dive into a few quick things to note for this recipe. Then, we will dive into the list of ingredients you will need to make this miniature peanut butter baked donuts recipe a smashing success!
How To Make Baked Donuts Without Yeast
Making baked donuts without yeast is actually pretty easy. Even if you are new to baking, you can easily make baked vegan donuts without yeast. There are two key ingredients which will allow your donuts to achieve a light and fluffy texture without the use of yeast – baking soda and baking powder. If you have these two ingredients, your donuts will have no problem rising as they bake in the oven. Now that we have covered a few quick things to note for this recipe, let’s take a look at all of the ingredients you will need to make these miniature vegan peanut butter baked donuts.
Vegan Miniature Peanut Butter Donuts – Ingredients
- Quick Oats – The first key ingredient you will need for this recipe are the quick oats. The quick oats will be blended up to form a fine oat flour. This will serve as one of the main dry base ingredients for your donuts.
- Bread Flour – The second ingredient you will need for this recipe is the bread flour. This ingredient pairs perfectly with the oat flour to create the bulk of the dry base for these vegan baked donuts.
- Coconut Sugar – The coconut sugar adds a ton of sweetness to the base of your donuts. It is one of my favorite sweeteners to use in baked goods.
- Baking Powder – The baking powder is the first essential leavening agent used in this recipe to help the donuts rise.
- Baking Soda – Baking soda acts as the other essential leavening agent for this recipe. This ingredient helps the donuts rise as they bake to achieve a light and fluffy texture.
- Nut Milk – The nut milk adds moisture and creaminess to this recipe. It serves as the main source of liquid in this recipe to turn the donut mixture into a smooth batter.
- Pure Maple Syrup – The pure maple syrup is the other important sweetener used in this recipe. It adds flavor and moisture to the donut batter.
- Unsweetened Applesauce – The applesauce adds moisture and natural sweetness to the donut batter. It is one of my favorite ingredients to use in vegan baked goods.
- Creamy Peanut Butter – The peanut butter is combined with the coconut oil to act as the icing for the baked donuts. It adds a ton of richness and peanut butter flavor to the donuts. It is also added to the batter for even more peanut butter flavor.
- Coconut Oil – The coconut oil will be combined with the peanut butter to form the perfect icing for the donuts. This ingredient will ensure that the peanut butter icing on top of the donuts hardens.
- Finely Chopped Peanuts – The finely chopped peanuts will be sprinkled on top of the icing on the donuts for crunch and even more peanut flavor.
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Vegan Miniature Peanut Butter Baked Donuts
Ingredients
Donut Batter
- 1/2 cup quick oats (blended into a fine oat flour)
- 1/2 cup bread flour
- 3 tbsp coconut sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 cup + 2 tbsp nut milk (I used unsweetened vanilla almond milk)
- 1 tbsp creamy peanut butter
- 2 tbsp pure maple syrup
- 2 tbsp unsweetened applesauce
Peanut Butter Icing
- 1 1/2 tbsp peanut butter
- 1 tbsp roasted peanuts (finely chopped)
- 3/4 tsp coconut oil
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350° F.
- Add the oats, bread flour, coconut sugar, baking powder, and baking soda to a large mixing bowl.
- Mix all dry ingredients well to combine.
- Make a well in the center of the bowl, then add the peanut butter, nut milk, pure maple syrup, and unsweetened applesauce.
- Mix all liquid ingredients well to combine, then slowly mix the wet into the dry to form a smooth donut batter.
- Lightly grease 12 cavities of a mini donut pan.
- Evenly distribute the batter between the 12 cavities.
- Bake the donuts for about 13-15 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Let the donuts cool completely before removing them from the pan.
- Add the peanut butter and coconut oil to a microwave safe dish.
- Microwave the peanut butter and coconut oil until the coconut oil is melted.
- Dip the top of each donut into the peanut butter icing and place them on a plate.
- Sprinkle the chopped peanuts on top of the icing on the donuts.
- Refrigerate the donuts for about an hour to allow the icing to harden.
- Dig in and enjoy!
Notes
I hope you all enjoy this quick, easy, and delicious vegan peanut butter baked donuts recipe. These miniature donuts are the perfect little snack or dessert. They are also easy to pack up and take with you on the go. Anyway, that’s it for this recipe. As per usual, I will be back with more content very soon.
-Alyssa 🙂
