Quick Baked Banana Bites

 Last week I was watching an interview on Chef AJ's channel on YouTube.  She often has another chef on the interview show.   This recipe came from Vicki Brett-Gagh. Vicki gave us three different recipes which were virtually the same.

Monkey Bites from Chef AJ’s interview with VICKI BRETT-GACH

3 ripe bananas

1/3 cup almond butter ( We had almonds so I made the butter in our food processor.  It took FOREVER but turned out really good.)

1/4 cup pitted dates

1 tsp. Vanilla

1 teaspoon cinnamon

3/4 cup rolled oats

2 teaspoons baking powder

Set oven preheating at 350 degrees F.  Get out a silicon mini cupcake cups pan.

Mix all ingredients well in food processor, scraping down the sides a couple of times, then portion into mini silicon cupcake cups. This works best with a portion scoop but a spoon will work.

 Bake 14 minutes at 350 degrees F.  Let cool ten minutes on a cooling rack then remove bites from pan by pushing up from the bottom.

There were 24 when I pulled them out of the oven.  This occurred just before Dear One returned from giving blood.  He has given many gallons of blood by this time, and continues every two months to give another pint.

Before I left to go swimming, I ate two of these bites.  You will notice that I put a chocolate wafer on top (when they were hot, thinking they would melt.  They did not.  A purist would not have put those wafers on top...), thinking Dear One would be more drawn to them with chocolate.  Well, you see there were only sixteen left when I came home from swimming, so I guess they must have been okay! 

These really are bites,  just pop them into the mouth.  They are pretty good.