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One of Kenya’s favorite snack foods is Trader Joe’s “Nothing But Bananas, Flattened”. As the name clearly states, there’s nothing in them except for bananas. As much as I truly adore Trader Joe’s, I wanted to see if I could save a little money and make a similar version to this treat on my own. When I tell you my attempt took no effort or time, I mean it. All I did was slice the bananas, lay them on a cookie sheet and bake for just over an hour. It was so easy and I think they’re even better than the Trader Joe’s version.
But, don’t take my word for it. Let your family do a taste test and see for yourself. When Kenya saw these come out of the oven, he proceeded to eat the entire tray’s worth. Good thing I had more bananas on hand to make another batch!
P.S. This is a great teething snack for babies.
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Banana Leather
Ingredients
- 2 bananas
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 250°F.
- Slice the bananas lengthwise into 1/8 inch strips.
- Place the banana strips on a Silpat or parchment lined baking sheet and cook for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
- Cool and serve.
what age would you say baby can have these?
I made my daughter your teething cookies the other night and she loved them!
Trying this tonight! Perfect for the baby
Try setting the oven at a lower temperature and see if it works that way. Convection ovens cook things faster than a regular oven. So I would either set the temperature lower or cut the cooking and check on it to make sure it does not burn.
Sadly no, I can’t 🙁 My guess is that it doesn’t work in convection ovens then?
Can you turn the convection off in your oven? I think that may have been the problem.
I tried this today too- and it was an epic FAIL. I have a convection oven, so the fan is too much I think. They were dried, shriveled and not tasty. Not sure what I did wrong :S
I tried this today, used a ripe bright yellow banana and my mandolin set to 1/8″ The strips were so thin they broke apart before I could get them on the silicone mat, and then 20 minutes before the timer went off I checked on them and they were little crispy bits, they shattered when I tried to get them off the silicone mat which they were very much stuck to. I am guessing they need to be thicker?
You can use any kind 🙂
Do I use a ripe banana with spots on the peel or a fresh banana still with pretty yellow peel?
Beautiful photos! It will be a while until we have local fritus and veggies available, but I am fortunate that our local store carries a lot of organic produce. Lately, I’ve started seeing strawberries from Florida. Fortunately, there are a lot of great citrus fritus, too Available all year round.
unfortunately no, you really need the oven to dehydrate the bananas.
Can they be microwaved?
An hour is a bit long just for bananas.
Have you seen our Banana Bites Program? It is a different recipe but I cut the banana just the way I cut the banana bites. Here is a video on it: http://b12.ba4.myftpupload.com/2010/04/02/banana-bites-program/ You can cut them thin as well. 🙂
How do you slice them so thin? Do you place them in the freezer first? I just made these but they didn’t coome out well 🙁 I think its because they are too thick. Any tips are appreciated!
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I would suggest using a Silpat, if you don’t have that, then spray some cooking spray on the wax paper and see if that helps.