Recipe: Baked Banana or Pumpkin Doughnuts (shaped on a cookie sheet)

BAKED BANANA DOUGHNUTS

2 ripe bananas, mashed
2 egg whites
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1 tablespoon granulated sugar (optional)
2 tablespoons chopped walnuts (optional)

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Spray baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray.

Beat bananas, egg whites, oil and brown sugar in large bowl with electric mixer or in food processor. Add flours, baking powder, soda and pumpkin pie spice. Mix until well blended. Let stand 5 minutes for dough to rise.

Drop 1 heaping tablespoon dough onto baking sheet. Using thin rubber spatula or butter knife, scoop out doughnut hole from center of dough (if dough sticks, spray spatula or knife with cooking spray) and smooth outside edges of dough into round shape. Repeat with remaining dough. Sprinkle with granulated sugar and walnuts, if desired.

Bake 6 to 10 minutes until tops are golden.

VARIATION:

BAKED PUMPKIN DOUGHNUTS:
Substitute 8 ounces canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling) for bananas.

Makes about 22 doughnuts
Source: The Sugar Association and Cooking Light magazine