Baked Bananas

Ingredients

1 Banana
1 tsp Date Paste (see our homemade date paste recipe)
1 tsp Lemon or Lime Juice
1/2 tsp Ground Cinnamon

Recipe

1) Set oven to 180C/350F (or you can use an air fryer). Cut the banana in half length-ways.

2) Place banana halves skin side down and brush the flesh of each banana with lemon or lime juice and a little of the date paste.

3) Sprinkle each half with cinnamon.

4) Place in the oven or in the air fryer on greaseproof paper for approximately 10-15 mins - appliances vary (feel free to leave for longer if you like it really soft).

You could also cook this under the grill, but you would not get a soft texture all the way through and be careful not to burn your bananas!

Enjoy your baked bananas with a sprinkle of chia seeds or desiccated coconut on the top.

Top Tips

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