It has been a good month since my daughter returned to the University of Michigan – go Blue! – and these Banana Heath Bar Donuts were her idea. Well, the slight variation was using Heath Bars instead of the toffee in the recipe we used. I love Heath Bars. Which is odd because I think it has a little bit of a nutty flavor and I do not like nuts. Since these are a toffee candy bar it was not a stretch to substitute as the toffee ingredient. Th fun though, it is broken up and thrown into the batter and then broken up again and topped. Yum.
Banana Heath Bar Donut
- 1 cup flour
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 3/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 egg, room temperature
- 1/2 cup mashed ripe banana
- 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons buttermilk
- 1-1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup toffee pieces
- 1 14-oz. can of sweetened condensed milk
- Preheat oven to 400 F.
- Sift together the dry ingredients in a medium bowl. Set aside.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the sugar, egg, banana, buttermilk, and vanilla.
- Add the wet ingredients into the dry and stir until just combined.
- Break up the Heath Bars in a freezer bag. Fold into the mixture.
- Fill the pan about three-quarters full in each mold with the batter.
- Bake for 11 - 12 minutes (make sure a toothpick comes out clean).
- Allow the donuts to cool completely before icing.
- Empty contents of can in a microwave safe dish and loosely cover with plastic wrap.
- Cook it on medium in two minute increments stirring between each increment
- It will take 10 - 15 minutes to turn to caramel
- Drop the donuts into the Dulce de Leche
- Sprinkle on the Heath Bar crumble
- Let cool
- Serve and enjoy!
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients.
Dry Ingredients
Wet ingredients.
Wet Ingredients
Heath Bar added to mixed ingredients.
Heath Bar Added
Donut Dough added to donut pan.
Donut Dough Added to Pan
Donuts after baking.
Donuts Baked
The donuts were topped with a Dulce de Leche (caramel sauce) and topped with more crushed Heath Bars.
Your daughter is spot on. These are spectacular doughnuts. But then I am a doughnut lover to start with. Just bought a doughnut pan too.
Let me know what you do with your doughnut pan. I agree. My daughter is spot on!
I really must find a donut pan somewhere – these are fantastic and a must make!
I finally got a donut pan myself. I tend to make donuts and muffins with the same recipe.
I recently had a maple bar with crumbled butterfingers on top and it was AWESOME. Love the heath idea!
The Butterfingers I am sure was awesome but unfortunately, I do not like peanut butter. Can you believe that?
Now these are my kind of donuts. What a treat, they look amazing.