Banana Bread Biscotti

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup melted unsalted butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1/3 cup brown sugar, packed
• 3/4 cup pureed ripe banana
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/8 teaspoon allspice
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup banana granola or 1 cup mueslix cereal (post or kellogg’s etc.)
• 1/2 cup minced chocolate-covered english toffee bars or 1/2 cup caramel-flavored bits (optional)
• 1/2 cup finely chopped toasted walnuts or 1/2 cup macadamia nuts
• 3/4 cup diced ripe banana
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup melted butter, to taste

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350°f stack two baking sheets together and line the top one with parchment paper.
• 2 in a large mixing bowl, cream the butter or oil with the sugars and honey and the mix in the pureed banana.
• 3 blend in the eggs, vanilla and lemon juice.
• 4 fold in the dry ingredients, and last, the diced banana, thoroughly but taking care not to mash the banana into the dough (you want the chunks to stay intact).
• 5 pat the dough out in one large log about 4-5 inches across and 10-14 inches log.
• 6 smear the top with a tiny bit of extra melted butter and press in crushed about 1/3 cup or so or brown sugar.
• 7 bake 35-40 minutes until set.
• 8 reduce oven temperature to 325°f meanwhile, cut the log into cookies, about 1/2 inch or a bit more, on the diagonal.
• 9 bake, on a cookie sheet,turning once, about 15-20 minutes total to dry out and crisp cookies.
• 10 makes 1-2 dozen, depending on size.
• 11 (for smaller ones, make two smaller logs).