Banana Pear Caterpillar Recipes

BANANA PEAR BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F and grease an 8x4" loaf pan.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat together butter and sugar. Add eggs and mix well until combined.
• Mix in sour cream, bananas, pears, and vanilla extract, mixing well.
• Add in dry ingredients and mix on low speed just until incorporated.
• Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake for 60-65 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool before slicing. Enjoy!

BANANA PEAR BREAD WITH GINGER (DAIRY FREE)

Steps:

• In a saucepan combine the ginger, pear, banana, honey and oil, cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Remove from the heat and leave to cool.
• Preheat the oven to 350 F/ 180 C/ gas mark 4. Lightly grease and line a 23 x 13 cm loaf tin with non-stick paper and set aside.
• Combine the flour, ground almonds, baking powder and salt and stir using a whisk. In a separate bowl combine the eggs with the fruit mixture (once cooled). Add to the dry ingredients and stir well. Pour the mixture into the tin, smooth out the top and bake for 1 hour.
• Remove from the oven and set aside for 10 minutes. Lift the bread out of the pan together with the paper and place on a cooling rack.

BANANA-PEAR BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• Peel and core pear. Grate pear flesh into a bowl.
• Mix brown sugar and butter in a bowl with an electric mixer until well blended. Mix in eggs, then add bananas and pear. Gradually mix in flour and baking soda. Add vanilla, cinnamon, ginger, and almond extract; mix until just combined. Pour into the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake on the center rack of the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out fairly clean, about 1 hour.

PEAR BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Mash bananas and pears in a bowl.
• In a separate bowl, mix the rest of the ingredients until creamed together.
• Stir in the fruit mixture.
• Pour the batter into a greased loaf pan.
• Bake for an hour and half.
• Let cool for at least 10 minutes so it doesn't fall apart (it solidifies more with time).

BANANA CATERPILLARS

Steps:

• Peel and slice each banana into 10 segments.
• Assemble "caterpillar" by spreading segments with peanut butter and pressing pieces together.
• Sprinkle half of coconut over each "caterpillar" and press lightly with fingertips to coat.
• Use additional peanut butter to press raisins on one end to form "eyes."
• Break pretzel sticks into small pieces for "legs" and "antenna.".
• Tip: use different colored dyed coconut for a very colorful caterpillar!