I was at a friend’s house a few weeks ago and she had these delicious banana coconut balls that she got from Whole Foods, I believe. They reminded me of the Coconut-Lemon Meltaways I have made before. I checked out the ingredients on the package, and they were pretty much the same plus or minus a few things, so I wondered if I could replicate it using bananas instead of lemon. I liked the lemon ones a lot, but banana anything is always going to be my favorite. They turned out really well, and they made the house smell fantastic as they baked. I love their texture. They are light, fluffy, and perfectly moist. I altered the original recipe and cut the sweetener in half, as bananas are plenty sweet and really don’t need a lot of added sweetener. I used raw honey, but these would be great with maple syrup, too. This was a tasty treat for the kiddos and they gave it their seal of approval.
INGREDIENTS:
- 1 1/2 cups almond flour
- 1 1/2 cups shredded unsweetened coconut
- 1/3 cup coconut flour
- 2 big pinches of salt
- 2 ripe bananas, mashed
- 3 tablespoons raw honey
- 2 teaspoons 100% pure vanilla extract
- 5 tablespoons melted coconut oil
METHOD:
1. Pre-heat oven to 250F.
2. Mix dry ingredients together and pour in the bowl of your mixer.
3. Mix honey, vanilla and mashed bananas together in a separate bowl and slowly add to the dry ingredients with the mixer on.
4. Once the wet and dry ingredients are mixed together, slowly stream in the melted coconut oil. Your mixture will thicken once the oil is added.
5. Form your balls on parchment lined baking sheets. I yielded about 20, but could’ve made my balls much smaller to yield more. Let them bake until they start turning a golden shade, about 45 minutes to an hour. Keep an eye on them, you don’t want them too brown though or they will be dry.
6. Enjoy!
