3 easy and healthy desserts with bananas for ‘quarantine period’
- Anumeha Mittal
- Apr 17, 2020
- 2 min read
Updated: Jul 7, 2021
Stuck at home due to COVID-19 lockdown and craving for desserts? I tried these 3 simple recipes with easily available ingredients. The best part is that all of them are ‘sugar-free’.
Banana walnut bread
Banana oats pancake
Banana walnut bread pudding (eggless)
1. Banana walnut bread
Preparation time: 10 min | Cooking time: 60 min | Total time: 70 min
Ingredients:
4 bananas (ripe/ over ripe)
2 eggs
1/2 cup unsalted butter/ghee
1+1/2 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
2-3 teaspoon cocoa powder (optional)
Walnuts (optional)
Chocolate (optional)
Preparation:
Pre-heat oven at 175-180 ˚C for 10-15 min, while you prepare the batter
Melt butter and cool (Do not use hot butter otherwise eggs can get cooked)
Wet ingredients: In a bowl – mash bananas, add eggs, butter, and mix well
Dry ingredients: In a separate bowl – mix flour, baking powder, and cocoa powder
Mix everything together
Add walnuts and chocolate (to make it extra special)
Mix well
Slightly grease the baking dish with butter
Pour the mixture into the baking dish
Bake at 175-180 ˚C for 60 min
Do the knife test – put a knife through the bread, it should come out clean
Tips:
Do not mix hot butter with eggs
Use ripe/over ripe bananas
You can add vanilla essence, cinnamon, or other nuts
Bananas: Makes the bread moist, soft & spongy and sweet
Baking powder: Helps in fluffing
You can use any baking dish if you don’t have a bread loaf pan (like me)
2. Banana oats pancake
Preparation time: 5 min | Cooking time: 15 min (4 pancakes) | Total time: 20 min
Ingredients:
2 bananas (ripe/ over ripe)
2 Eggs
1/2 cup quick oatmeal
1/2 teaspoon baking powder (optional)
Preparation:
In a bowl – mash bananas
Add eggs
Add oats and baking powder
Mix well
Slightly grease the pan with oil
Pour the mixture onto the pan with a ladle (big spoon) and cook & flip
Top-up with bananas/strawberry (to make it extra special)
Tips:
Use ripe/over ripe bananas
Bananas: Makes the pancakes spongy and sweet
Baking powder: Helps in fluffing
Serve with maple syrup/ honey
3. Banana walnut bread pudding (eggless)
Preparation time: 10 min | Cooking time: 40 min| Total time: 50 min
Ingredients:
4-6 slices of bread
2-3 bananas (ripe/ over ripe)
1/2 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoon cocoa powder (optional)
Walnuts (optional)
Chocolate (optional)
Preparation:
Make bread crumbs
Pre-heat bread crumbs in oven at 175-180 ˚C for 10-15 min, while preparing the batter (to dry out the bread)
Wet ingredients: In a bowl – mash bananas, add milk, and mix well
Add baking powder and cocoa powder (optional)
Mix everything together
Add the pre-heated bread crumbs (do not crush)
Add walnuts and chocolate (to make it extra special)
Mix well
Slightly grease the baking dish with butter
Pour the mixture into the baking dish or pour as cookies or muffins
Bake at 175-180 ˚C for 40 min
Do the knife test – put a knife through the mixture, it should come out clean
Tips:
Use ripe/over ripe bananas
Bananas: Makes the pudding spongy and sweet
Milk: Helps in making the pudding soft & moist
Baking powder: Helps in fluffing
Add sugar/honey/cinnamon (optional)
Serve with ice cream
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