6 Quick Breads That Can Double as Doughnuts

Yes, you can have one made of banana bread

Chocolate-glazed banana bread doughnuts. Photo: The Picture Pantry/Alloy/Getty Images

These are the days that call for stress baking. And if you’re still staying at home, perhaps you should make a few extra of these to have on hand.

The only difference between most quick breads and baked doughnuts is the shape. With a doughnut pan, you can turn any batter that you’d bake as a loaf or a muffin into a crazy-simple, tender, and somewhat wholesome breakfast. No substitutions needed, but if the original recipe calls for juice, replace it, cup-for-cup with milk. Eat them plain or give them the full doughnut treatment with crushed toasted nuts, citrus zest, powdered sugar, sprinkles, coconut, chocolate sauce, or drizzled honey.

Banana Bread

Ingredients

• 1 stick butter, melted, plus softened butter for greasing
• 2 cups flour
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1½ teaspoons baking powder
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 very ripe bananas, mashed with a fork until smooth
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ cup chopped walnuts (optional)
• ½ cup shredded unsweetened coconut (optional)