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4 Tasty Overripe Banana Recipes

Banana Bread Pancakes

Do the bananas in your fruit bowl look like tiny giraffes? Bananas with freckly brown spots are good for you, so avoid discarding them. Bananas are capable of being so much more than a grab-and-go snack. So, get creative, mash them up, and turn them into these delicious banana bread pancakes!

Banana Bread Pancakes Image Source: Huffington Post
Ingredients for Banana Bread Pancakes:
Baking powder - 2 tsp.
Rolled oats - 1/2 cup
Pecans - 1/2 cup (chopped)
Buttermilk - 2 cups
Vanilla extract - 1 tsp.
Blueberries - to taste (to garnish)
Maple syrup - to taste (to garnish)
Moist and Chewy Banana Oatmeal Cookies

Overripe bananas are super healthy, but what if you don’t want to eat them straight out of the peel? Don’t throw them away or leave them for the fruit flies! We say mash them up and make these chewy banana and oatmeal cookies!

Moist and Chewy Banana Oatmeal Cookies Image Source: Huffington Post
Ingredients for Banana Oatmeal Cookies:
Salted butter - 3/4 cup (softened)
Brown sugar - 1 cup (packed)
White sugar - 1/2 cup
Egg - 1
Vanilla extract - 1 tsp.
Overripe bananas - 1 cup (mashed)
All-Purpose flour - 1 1/2 cups
Cinnamon - 1 1/2 tsp.
Baking soda - 1 tsp.
Cornstarch - 1/4 tsp.
Rolled oats - 3 cups
Strawberry & Banana Colada Smoothie

One of the easiest ways of using up overripe bananas is by using them up in a milkshake or smoothie. This delicious strawberry and banana colada smoothie is such an easy way to use up overripe bananas.

Strawberry & Banana Colada Smoothie Image Source: Huff Post
Ingredients for Strawberry & Banana Colada Smoothie:
Overripe banana - 1 (cut into chunks and frozen)
Strawberries - 3/4 cup (fresh or frozen)
Pineapple chunks - 1/3 cup (fresh or frozen)
Coconut milk - 1 cup
Vanilla extract - 1/2 tsp.
Salt - 1/4 tsp.
Fresh spinach - 1/2 cup (optional)
Coconut flakes - for topping (toasted is best)
Banana Milkshake

We know that some of you have a special place in your heart for aging bananas. After all, bananas with freckly brown spots are good for you. If you need a new way of using up overripe bananas, give this decadent banana milkshake a try!

Banana Milkshake Image Source: Huffington Post
Ingredients for Banana Milkshake:
Ice cream - 2 large scoops
Whole milk - 1/2 cup
Vanilla extract - 4 drops
Cinnamon - to taste
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