Baking Breakfast- Coconut Banana Muffins and Baked Protein Donuts

My typical breakfast is sweet potatoes I roasted on the weekend with one egg and two egg whites and broccoli... or a whole-grain English muffin with the eggs and broccoli. Both take less than 5 minutes to make and I am on my way.

On the weekends we like to mix it up, we make pancakes, sausage, waffles... and now I bought some donut pans to experiment with and Charlie and I worked on a new muffin recipe since we have so many rotten bananas. Yay!!! As I have discovered, any muffin recipe works in a donut pan, you just need to change the baking time. I bought my donut pans on Amazon for a total of $13 they are the Wilton 2105-1620 6 Cavity Nonstick Donut Pans (2 pack)- while usually I am not a fan of buying things for just one purpose, like donuts only, for the price and the fact that they don't take up that much room in the cupboard, I think these are awesome. 

Baked Protein Donuts- 

The first time I made these I used "A Big Man's World" recipe for Flourless Cinnamon Bun Breakfast Donuts- while they were good, I thought they were fairly dry and just not amazing. 

The second try I used a recipe I got from my friend Taylor and adjusted it to make 12 donuts, added some protein, and guestimated how to make her "frosting." These are awesome!

Kodiak Cake Protein Donuts

(makes 12 donuts)

Donuts:

- 3 Cups Kodiak Protein Cake Mix
- 3/4 Cup Milk
- 1/2 Cup Water
- 1 Egg
- 1 Egg White
- 1/4 Cup Sugar (or sweetener of your choice)
- 1 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract

Frosting:

- 1 Scoop Chocolate Whey Protein Powder
- 1/2 Cup Chocolate Chips, melted
- Water or Milk to thin out
- Sprinkles, optional

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. 

1. Mix all of the donut ingredients together in a medium bowl. Using a spoon, or just fixing the donuts in the pan after you pour the batter, evenly fill 12, greased, donut molds. Tap the pan on the counter when you are done to get rid of any air bubbles. Bake for 7-9 minutes until they spring back when you lightly touch them. Let them cool completely before frosting.

2. Frosting- work fast! Lesson learned my first time! I melted my chocolate with a bit of milk in the microwave, stirring until smooth. Pour into the protein powder... thin out with more milk or water (if needed) until a thick, smooth, frosting is formed. Dip each donut in the frosting and let it dry on a cooling rack. The frosting will harden as it cools. 

Including frosting:

Nutrition Facts
Servings 12.0
Amount Per Serving
calories 187
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 5 g	7 %
Saturated Fat 2 g	10 %
Monounsaturated Fat 0 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0 g
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 32 mg	11 %
Sodium 233 mg	10 %
Potassium 55 mg	2 %
Total Carbohydrate 26 g	9 %
Dietary Fiber 3 g	13 %
Sugars 12 g
Protein 11 g	22 %
Vitamin A	1 %
Vitamin C	0 %
Calcium	5 %
Iron	5 %
* The Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet, so your values may change depending on your calorie needs. The values here may not be 100% accurate because the recipes have not been professionally evaluated nor have they been evaluated by the U.S. FDA.

Coconut Banana Muffins

(Makes 12 Muffins)

One of the great things about muffins is that Charlie can help me... and she loves them... and now breakfast or snack is done for the next few days as long as I can keep Matt away from them.

- 1 1/4 Cup All-purpose Flour
- 1 tsp Baking Powder (aluminum free)
- pinch of salt
- 2 Rotten Bananas, mashed
- 1/2 Cup Melted Coconut Oil
- 2/3 Cup Coconut Sugar (or regular)
- 1 Egg
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 1 1/2 Cups Shredded, Unsweetened Coconut, divided

Preheat the oven to 350 Degrees

1. Whisk the flour, baking powder and salt. Add the banana, coconut oil, sugar, egg and vanilla, whisk again until smooth. Fold in 1 cup of the coconut. 

2. Using a non-stick muffin pan (I LOVE my Sur la Table ones) or grease a muffin pan... divide the batter evenly. Top with the remaining 1/2 cup of coconut. Bake for 20-23 minutes until the top spring back when you lightly touch it, or a toothpick inserted comes out clean. 
Let them cool slightly before enjoying :) 

Nutrition Facts
Servings 12.0
Amount Per Serving
calories 296
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 19 g	30 %
Saturated Fat 16 g	81 %
Monounsaturated Fat 0 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0 g
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 16 mg	5 %
Sodium 28 mg	1 %
Potassium 81 mg	2 %
Total Carbohydrate 29 g	10 %
Dietary Fiber 5 g	20 %
Sugars 15 g
Protein 3 g	6 %
Vitamin A	1 %
Vitamin C	3 %
Calcium	0 %
Iron	3 %
* The Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet, so your values may change depending on your calorie needs. The values here may not be 100% accurate because the recipes have not been professionally evaluated nor have they been evaluated by the U.S. FDA.