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Recipe: Banoffee Cookies

banoffee cookies

Banoffee is a British thing. A banoffee pie is an English dessert pie made from bananas, cream and toffee. I have never had banoffee pie but I created a recipe for banoffee spice cookies. These cookies are great for breakfast with a cup of coffee.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 2 bananas ripe
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 2 cups flour
  • pinch salt
  • 1/2 cup toffee chips
  • 1/2 tsp cardamom
  • 1 tsp apple pie spice

Instructions

  • Cream together butter and sugar into mixing bowl until fluffy. Add in the egg.
  • Using two ripe bananas, I mashed them up with baking soda.
  • In a separate bowl, mix the flour with the apple pie spice, cardamon and a salt.
  • Then add the dry ingredients slowly until well mixed.
  • Stir in the toffee chips.
  • Drop in dollops onto a parchment paper or foil-lined baking sheet.
  • Bake for 11-13 minutes or until the edges are golden brown.
  • Cool completely on a wire rack.

This recipe was originally posted by me on Cookpad in 2014. I am in the processed of bringing my content to my site.

food and drink

Earl Grey Tea and Orange Sherbet Milk Shake

 

When I lived in Brooklyn, I loved going to Van Leeuwen’s for their Earl Grey ice cream. I miss it. One day, I was bored and creative and made a delicious milkshake that kinda resembles the flavor of that ice cream. BTW, Earl Grey tea has bergamot which is a citrus fruit like an orange, so I thought the orange sherbet would go well and it did.  I initially published this on Cucumbertown, but since they are shutting down, I am reposting here.

Ingredients:

  • 1 Earl Grey Tea bag of Twinings
  • 8 oz of  Almond milk
  • 2 scoops of Orange sherbet
  • 1 Frozen banana
  • 1/2 tablespoon of orange zest

Directions:

Use a small saucepan to brew tea in almond milk for 5 minutes.Chill tea in the fridge before adding to the blender Place frozen banana, orange zest, sherbet in

Chill tea in the fridge before adding to the blender. Place frozen banana, orange zest, sherbet in

Place frozen banana, orange zest, sherbet in a blender. Add tea and blend using the smoothie button. For stronger tea flavor, brew for longer.

PS. Here’s a recipe for making your own Earl Grey Ice Tea ice cream.