The banana is a sweet and yummy snack that helps you satisfy hunger when dinner seems to be so far away. It’s a healthy fruit that boosts your serotonin and elevates your mood. What’s more, it contains potassium that is crucial to proper heart function.
1. Banana-coconut cream dessert
INGREDIENTS
2 cups of sand cookies
2 teaspoons of sugar
1/4 cup of butter
1 pudding packet
1 3/4 cups of milk
2 medium-sized bananas
2 cups of whipped cream
1/2 cup of shredded coconut
PREPARATION
1. Preheat the oven to 190°Ð¡.
2. Grind the cookies to make crumbles.
3. Blend the cookie crumbles and butter to make a smooth paste, and place it in a baking mold.
4. Bake the base until it is golden.
5. Whisk together the pudding packet and milk.
6. Cut the bananas into circles and place them on the base.
7. Spread the pudding over the base and sprinkle it with the shredded coconut.
8. Cover the mold and put it in the fridge for 2 hours.
2. Banana pancakes
INGREDIENTS
250 ml of milk
175 g of flour
1 banana
1 teaspoon of baking powder
2 tablespoons of sugar
A pinch of cinnamon
Salt
PREPARATION
1. Cut the banana into pieces and blend it with the milk using a blender.
2. Sift the flour, baking powder, and cinnamon into a bowl, then add the sugar and salt. Mix everything thoroughly.
3. Add the banana and milk mixture to the dry ingredients and whisk them together.
4. Preheat a frying pan and grease it with oil (you need oil only for the first pancakes).
5. Use a tablespoon to scoop the batter on the pan. Make round pancakes.
6. Cook over medium heat until bubbles appear on the surface. Then turn the pancakes over to cook on the other side.
3. Mini banana bread loaves
INGREDIENTS
230 g of wheat flour
120 g of sugar
140 g of shelled walnuts
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1/4 teaspoon of baking soda
1/4 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
2 eggs
115 g of butter
400 g of banana puree
PREPARATION
1. Toast the walnuts in a dry pan for 8 to 10 minutes. Let them cool down, then chop them.
2. Combine all the dry ingredients in a large bowl.
3. Add the chopped walnuts and mix thoroughly.
4. Whisk the eggs, banana puree, and melted butter in another bowl.
5. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ones and stir everything well from the bottom using a spatula. When the flour gets wet, stop stirring. The batter should be a bit lumpy.
6. Preheat the oven to 180°Ð¡. Grease the baking molds with oil and sprinkle them with flour. Place the batter in the molds and bake 50 to 55 minutes at medium temperature.
7. The baking time depends on the size of molds. The longer a mold is, the lower a loaf is and the less time it takes to bake.
8. Check to see if they are done with a toothpick.
9. Take the loaves out of the oven and leave them in the molds for 10 minutes. Then take them out of the molds and let them cool down before serving.
4. Nutella and banana sandwich
INGREDIENTS
1 ripe banana
4 slices of sandwich bread
2 tablespoons of toasted almonds
60 g of Nutella or any other cocoa-nut butter
PREPARATION
1. Peel the banana and cut it into circles. Chop the almonds.
2. Spread Nutella over all the slices of bread. Sprinkle the almonds over and press them down with a spoon. Place the banana circles on two of the slices.
3. Cover the slices with bananas with those with Nutella.
4. Place the sandwiches on the grille. Use something heavy to press them down. Toast for 5 to 6 minutes. Turn them over while toasting to get golden strips on the bread.
5. Cut the sandwiches diagonally and serve hot.
5. Coconut and banana cookies
INGREDIENTS
3 bananas
1/2 cup of shredded coconut
2 cups of rolled oats
1/4 cup of seed oil
10 g of vanilla sugar
PREPARATION
1.Preheat the oven to 180°C.
2. Peel the bananas and make a banana puree using a fork or blender.
3. Combine the puree, rolled oats, shredded coconut, seed oil and vanilla sugar in a large bowl.
4. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
5. Place the batter on the sheet using a tablespoon. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes.
6. Chocolate covered bananas with nuts
INGREDIENTS
Bananas
Dark chocolate (no less than 75%)
Nuts (almonds are a good option)
PREPARATION
1. Put the bananas in the freezer for 30 to 40 minutes.
2. Melt the chocolate over a water bath.
3. Grind the nuts.
4. Take the bananas out of the freezer. Coat them in the chocolate and sprinkle with the nuts. Try to do it quickly, because the chocolate should stay hot, and the bananas frozen.
7. Oat flour muffins without butter
INGREDIENTS
200 g of oat flour
50 handfuls of wheat flour
1 banana
2 eggs
100 g of apple puree
2 tablespoons of sugar
2 teaspoons of baking powder
1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon
PREPARATION
1. Combine the apple puree with sugar.
2. Add the eggs and mix everything to get a smooth paste.
3. Peel the banana and mash it well with a fork in a bowl. Add it to the batter and mix thoroughly.
4. Sift both kinds of flour, baking powder, and cinnamon into the bowl of wet ingredients and mix well. The batter shouldn’t be too thick.
5. Preheat the oven to 160°Ð¡. Line your cake molds with paper or grease them with oil. Place the batter in the molds and bake for 25 to 35 minutes. Use a toothpick to check if they are done.
8. Banana pudding
INGREDIENTS
2 tablespoons of milk
70 g of sugar
1 tablespoon of flour
2 teaspoons of starch
A pinch of vanilla
2 egg yolks
14 cookies (that soak up easily)
2 bananas
PREPARATION
1. Put the milk on medium heat, but do not bring to a boil.
2. Whisk the egg yolks, then add 1/4 cup of hot milk. Keep on whisking.
3. Add sugar, flour, starch and vanilla into the pan of milk.
4. Cook, stirring, over medium heat until the mass gets thick. Turn off the stove, cover the pudding, and let it cool down.
5. Cut the bananas into circles. Prepare molds for pudding. Place the cookies and bananas at the bottom of the molds.
6. Spread the pudding over the bottom.
7. Garnish the servings with banana circles and cookies.
9. Banana jam
INGREDIENTS
5 bananas
850 g of canned pineapple
25 g of shredded coconut
The juice from 1 or 2 lemons
320 g of sugar
PREPARATION
1. Peel the bananas and cut them into pieces.
2. Slice the pineapple into circles or pieces. Put them, including the pineapple syrup, in a pan.
3. The sweetness of the pineapple syrup depends on the brand. Add 320 g of sugar first, then you can add more to taste.
4. Add fresh lemon juice.
5. Mix all the ingredients together in the pan.
6. Bring it to a boil, stirring. Then adjust the temperature to a lower setting and simmer for 10 minutes.
7. Blend the ingredients in a blender to make a smooth paste. Then simmer it again until the jam gets thick.
8. Put the jam in sterilized jars. Keep them in the fridge for no more than a month.
10. Banana sorbet
INGREDIENTS
2 small lemons
4 bananas
6 tablespoons of powdered sugar
PREPARATION
1. Cut the bananas and lemons into cubes.
2. Put the cubes in a bowl and sprinkle them with powdered sugar.
3. Blend the fruit until you get a puree, and place it in the freezer for 4 hours.
4. To make the dessert more delicate, stir it every hour
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