DAY 20 - June 12, 2013

BANANA DAYS

I had a few bananas that were ripe enough for baking.  I saw a couple of interesting recipes on Pinterest on bananas - so today I thought it would be fun to use up my old bananas and see what these banana recipes were made of!  Banana Pancakes and sugar free Oatmeal Raisin Banana Cookies.  Please see below.

FLOURLESS BANANA PANCAKES

1 very ripe banana

2 eggs

pinch of cinnamon

a dash of vanilla

yield:  4 pancakes

Mash banana.  Add eggs.  Mix well.  Add cinnamon and vanilla.  Mix until all combined.  Drop by spoonfuls into hot pan coated with a bit of oil.  Allow each pancake to cook until the bottom of the top portion of the cake starts to look cooked...then flip and lightly brown.

While I was making them I thought that I would be getting a banana flavoured omelette..LOL...I dressed it up like a pancake with a bit of butter and real maple syrup and they were actually pretty good. 

OATMEAL RAISIN BANANA COOKIES

1 cup oatmeal

2 ripe bananas

1 cup raisins

Yep...that's it...3 ingredients.

In a large bowl, add 1 cup of oatmeal and 2 large bananas.  Mash together until well combined.  Fold in 1 cup of raisins.  Drop by teaspoonful onto greased baking sheet.

These are pretty good as well.  The bananas make the cookie sweet enough for sure.  Must have raisins though....or perhaps chocolate chips.  May add coconut to them the next time for a tropical flavour.  

Thanks for stopping by!

Sherry