The next time you are tempted to throw away overripe bananas, it’s worth remembering one of the suggested recipes for a terrific dessert. They make an amazing, flavorful pastry that will make your day kind and pleasant.
Strawberry and banana bread
Easy to make and delicious bread, perfect for breakfast or snacks.
Ingredients:
- 2.5 cups flour
- ¾ cup sugar
- ¾ teaspoon of baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 3 mashed overripe bananas
- 4 tablespoons butter, melt, cool
- 2 eggs, beat beat up
- 150 g yoghurt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla sugar
- 1 cup diced strawberries
Preparation Steps:
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Grease a muffin tin with butter.
- In a medium sized bowl, mix together the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt.
- In a separate bowl, mix together the mashed banana, melted butter, eggs, vanilla sugar and yogurt.
- Mix all the dry ingredients together with the banana, yogurt, eggs and other ingredients.
- Add the strawberries.
- Transfer the dough to a bread mold and bake until ready to serve, about one hour.
Banana-Chocolate Cookies
Cooking time: 18 minutes
Ingredients:
- ¾ cup room temperature butter
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 cup mashed banana (2 bananas)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 cups flour
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon cloves
- 150g chocolate
Cooking steps:
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
- Mix the butter and sugar.
- Add the egg and continue mixing.
- In a separate bowl mix the banana puree and baking soda. Set the mixture aside for 2 minutes.
- Mix banana and oil mixture.
- Add flour, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Stir to combine.
- Add chocolate. Shape cookies and bake for 11-13 minutes.
Banana cake with strawberries and nuts
Cooking time: 1 hour and 8 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1+3/4 cups flour.
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 4 overripe bananas
- 8 tablespoons melted and chilled butter
- 2 eggs
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla sugar
- 120 g fresh strawberries
- ¼ cup chopped pecans
- 2 tablespoons chopped chocolate
Preparation Steps:
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
- Grease a muffin tin with butter.
- Heat bananas in the microwave for 5 minutes in a covered container.
- We transfer bananas to a bowl and let them cool for 10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Strain and get ½ or ¾ cup of juice.
- While waiting for the banana juice, mix flour, baking soda, salt.
- Boil the resulting juice over medium heat for 5-7 minutes.
- We add sugar, butter, eggs and vanillin to the juice.
- Mix everything with flour.
- Add the strawberries and shape the muffin.
- Sprinkle the top with chopped pecans and chocolate.
- Bake for 35 minutes, turn the tray and bake for another 15 minutes or until tender.
- Let the cake cool for 15 minutes. Then take it out of the mold. It can be stored for 4 days.
Banana nut cake
Cooking time: 38 minutes.
Ingredients:
- ½ cup butter (8 tablespoons)
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- 1 egg, room temperature
- ½ cup mashed bananas (1 medium banana)
- 1 cup flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- ½ cup chopped walnuts
- ½ cup chopped pecans
Cooking Steps:
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Cover the bottom of a baking tray with baking paper.
- In a small saucepan, melt the butter. Remove from heat and add sugar, eggs, vanilla and banana. Add flour, baking soda and salt. Add the nuts.
- Transfer the dough to a baking tray and bake for 20-23 minutes. Cut the cooled pie into 16 pieces. The pie can be stored for 1 week.
Banana buns
Cooking time: 35 minutes
Ingredients:
For the dough:
- 3 cups flour
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoons butter, cut into pieces
- ½ cup milk
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla sugar
- 1 cup mashed banana
For the frosting:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla sugar
- 2 to 3 tablespoons water
Cooking steps:
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
- Grease a baking pan with oil.
- In a large bowl mix the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt.
- Add the chopped butter to the mixture and grind with the flour.
- Make a well in the center of the mixture and pour in the egg yolk and add the vanilla sugar. Add mashed banana and mix.
- The resulting dough is transferred to a surface sprinkled with flour. Let stand for 5 minutes.
- Form 8 rolls from the dough. Place them on a baking tray at a distance of 0.5 cm from each other and bake for 15-18 minutes.
- Let cool for a few minutes and then take them out of the baking tray.
- Meanwhile, prepare the glaze. Mix powdered sugar, vanilla and 2 tablespoons of water, if necessary add 1 tablespoon more water.
- While the buns are warm let’s smear each one with icing.
- We serve.
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