Honeyed Banana Nut Yogurt Recipes

WHOLE-GRAIN BANANA YOGURT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375 degrees. Line a 12-cup standard muffin tin with paper liners or generously grease (with nonstick cooking spray or butter).
• In a large bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. In a medium bowl, whisk the bananas, yogurt, egg, brown sugar, oil and honey until just smooth.
• Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and gently stir with a silicone spatula just until no streaks of flour remain. Divide the batter evenly among the muffins cups. Sprinkle on toppings if you'd like.
• Bake until a toothpick inserted into a center muffin comes out clean, 20 to 23 minutes.
• Cool in the tin on a rack for 5 minutes, unmold and cool completely or serve warm.

HOMEMADE HONEY GREEK YOGURT

Steps:

• Heat 2 quarts milk in a saucepan over medium heat until a candy thermometer inserted in the liquid reads between 180 and 190 degrees F (82 to 88 degrees C), 8 to 12 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Whisk powdered milk and honey into the warm milk. Let cool until the thermometer reads between 115 and 120 degrees F (46 to 49 degrees C), about 1 hour and 15 minutes.
• Whisk a small portion of the warm milk mixture into the yogurt; stir mixture back into the saucepan. Transfer mixture into a warm slow cooker. Wrap slow cooker in a bath towel and tuck it away into a microwave or oven. Let sit until thickened into yogurt, 6 to 9 hours.
• Line a colander with cheesecloth or coffee filters and set over a bowl. Pour the yogurt into the colander and refrigerate colander and bowl until desired consistency is reached, 4 to 8 hours.

HEALTHIER BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350º F. Spray a loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray.
• In a large mixing bowl, mash the bananas until smooth.
• Add in the greek yogurt, honey, and vanilla, mix.
• Stir in the eggs.
• Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt in a separate bowl.
• Gradually mix in the flour until no streaks remain.
• Pour the batter into the pan and bake for 45-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

BANANA BREAD WITH GREEK YOGURT

Steps:

• PREP: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a bread pan; set aside. I use an 8x4-inch bread pan. Remove the skins and then mash the bananas with a fork.
• WET INGREDIENTS: In a large bowl, stir together the mashed bananas, Greek yogurt, egg, vanilla, coconut oil (measure in melted form), honey, and brown sugar until well combined.
• FLOUR: From your 1 cup of flour, remove 1 tablespoon and replace it with 1 tablespoon of cornstarch (this makes a lighter, cake-like flour). Stir.
• DRY INGREDIENTS: In another bowl, stir together the baking soda, salt, cinnamon, flour/ cornstarch mixture, and oat flour (measure oat flour after blending the oats. To make oat flour, put old-fashioned or quick oats in a blender and pulse them until they resemble flour).
• COMBINE: Mix the wet and dry ingredients together until just combined (over-mixing will yield a dense bread).
• BAKE: Pour into the prepared bread pan. If desired, sprinkle 1-2 tablespoons brown sugar on top of the bread for a nice crust. Bake for 45-65 minutes or until a fork comes out clean when inserted into the center, or the bread starts to pull away from the edges. If needed, tent the top with foil if the top of the bread is baking faster than the rest.
• STORAGE: Store in an airtight container in the fridge. (Microwave a piece for 5-10 seconds before enjoying.) Bread is best eaten within 2-3 days. Otherwise, tightly wrap individual pieces and freeze.

BANANA HONEY YOGURT ICE

Steps:

• Place bananas, yogurt, lemon juice, honey, and cinnamon into a blender. Puree until smooth, then pour into a freezer-safe container. Freeze until nearly solid, then scrape back into blender, and puree again until smooth. Return to freezer, and freeze until solid.

HONEYED BANANA NUT YOGURT

Steps:

• Mix together in the serving bowl yogurt and splenda or sugar. Unless you like it really tangy, then don't add any sweetner.
• Sprinkle yogurt with banana, then nuts.
• Drizzle honey over top of the nuts.
• Enjoy!

HONEY-BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Beat butter at medium speed with mixer in a large mixing bowl; add honey, beating well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition, add the banana and mix well.
• Combine flour, soda, and salt; stir in pecans. Add to the butter mixture, stirring just until the dry ingredients are moistened.
• Spoon batter into a lightly greased and floured 9 x 5-inch loaf pan.
• Bake 350°F for 50 to 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 minutes; remove from pan and cool completely.