Baked Banana Nut Donuts - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    2 medium ripe bananas, mashed
    1 large egg
    1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
    1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
    1/3 cup whole wheat flour
    1/2 cup all-purpose flour
    3/4 teaspoon baking powder
    3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
    1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
    1/4 teaspoon salt
    for the cream cheese glaze
    3 tablespoons low-fat cream cheese, softened
    2 tablespoons powdered sugar
    1 tablespoon nonfat milk
    2 tablespoons finely chopped walnuts, toasted if desired
Preparation
    Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F. Coat a doughnut pan with cooking spray.
    Combine bananas, egg, applesauce and vanilla in a large bowl. Combine flours, baking powder, cinnamon and salt in a separate bowl; stir into banana mixture.
    Spoon 1/3 cup batter into each cup of doughnut pan. Bake 12 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.
    Prepare cream cheese glaze in a shallow bowl: Mix together cream cheese and sugar; stir in milk.
    Dip tops of cooled doughnuts in glaze, and set on a wire rack. Sprinkle each with 1 teaspoon walnuts.
    161 calories with 1 TBS glaze and nuts.

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