Got some overripe
bananas and don't seem to know what to do with them? I've ran into this problem countless times. Basically
because my dad has a fondness in buying bananas by the bunch. And I mean the
whole bunch, sometimes with up to 15 tiers. So most people buy a hand or tier
of bananas, he buys the whole thing. The problem is, most of the time, they
tend to ripen all at the same time.
I personally believe
that food should never be wasted. Because of this particularly common
occurrence at home, I usually turn the overripe bananas to banana bread. But
then again, it gets old and boring after a while. Not that the people at home
get tired of it, they still love it. It's just that I want to come up with
something new.
With a little
research online, I came up with a different dish this time.
Banana Coconut
Cookies!
Okay, I have a few
roadblocks to tackle before I get cooking.
Problem
#1
I
don't have a conventional oven, I only have a toaster oven.
Problem
#2
My
mom and little boy are not allowed to eat grain products. So, the regular flour
is a no-no.
To address both
roadblocks, this little concoction took shape.
Banana Coconut
Cookies: Toaster Oven Baked and Gluten Free
Ingredients:
4 pcs overripe
banana (or anything equivalent to 1 cup of pureed banana)
1/2 cup Sweet Potato
Flour
1/2 cup Cassava
Flour
3/4 cup rice flour
3/4 cup sweet rice
flour
1/2 cup butter,
softened
1 cup brown sugar
(Muscovado adds a special molasses-y flavor)
1 tsp vanilla
extract
1 tsp ground
cinnamon
2 cups desiccated
coconut
Special Equipment
A sturdy and
dependable blender
Cookie Sheet or Wax
paper
Preparation and
Method
1. Puree the banana in the blender
2. Add softened butter, sugar and vanilla
extract. Blend till the puree loses the
yellowish tinge.
3. Sift the flours.
4. Add the banana
and butter puree.
5. Mix thoroughly.
Knead the dough only slightly, just to blend the flour and the puree
completely.
6. Add the
desiccated coconut. Incorporate fully into the dough.
7. Form the dough
into a ball and chill for 30 minutes to an hour.
8. Line the toaster
tray with a cookie sheet. Trim the edges to make sure that only the floor of
the tray is covered with the cookie sheet.
8. Scoop little
balls and flatten with your palm.
Arrange on the toaster tray
9. Bake for 15
minutes or till the tops start to brown.
10. Place in a
cooling rack.
Enjoy! :)
