Why You’ll Love this Banana Microwave Bread

Craving a slice of warm banana bread, but don’t feel like baking an entire loaf? Try this super easy microwave mug cake recipe! It only takes a few minutes and results in a perfectly tender treat with the banana flavor you know and love.

This recipe includes the option to add chopped walnuts to the batter and also shows you how to make a homemade caramel sauce for even more indulgent goodness. It’s especially great if you just have one banana that you need to use up!

We love going apple picking, and we are always looking for something different to do with the apples. My go-tos are apple cupcakes and apple crumble pie, but when I want something healthier, this is my favorite option!

Ingredients

All you need to make this recipe is apples and a little cinnamon and sugar!  (You can also experiment with other spices like pumpkin pie spice or gingerbread spice.)

I based these crackers off of my super popular homemade Ritz cracker recipe. It’s a simple dough made by food processing flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, butter, and creamy peanut butter.

Follow these tips for the best results:

You might see these at Trader Joe’s, sold as roasted coconut chips, or you may have encountered a version made by Dang [paid link] sold at other grocery stores.

On Amazon right now, it costs $2.26 an ounce for the Trader Joe’s chips (they are less in the store), $1.42 an ounce for Dang chips, and $0.26 per ounce for unsweetened flaked coconut. Just how hard could it be to toast and sweeten coconut myself?

Ingredients

You have two choices when making this recipe:

1. Buy raw pumpkin seeds [paid link]. You can often find these in the bulk section of grocery stores.
2. Save the seeds from a pumpkin when making a jack-o’-lantern or when making pumpkin cupcakes or pumpkin cake. If you are using your own seeds, wash them thoroughly and set them on a cookie sheet to dry thoroughly before using them.

Tip: You can eat these seeds with the shells still on them. There is no need to shell them.

I spent weeks developing the copycat recipe so that it would taste as close to the original as possible and would use natural ingredients. These are made without high fructose corn syrup and without partially hydrogenated oils.

Developing this recipe was a bit of a challenge. Take a look at what went into making these perfect:

What Is Fruit Leather?

Fruit leather is simply pureed fruit that is dehydrated on a sheet until it becomes a chewy snack. The store-bought version is often called a fruit roll-up since it easily rolls up for storage.

When the apples come out of the waffle iron, they are hot, soft, and chewy. We eat them immediately!

Ingredients

You will need an apple, a little sugar, and cinnamon (optional).

Why You Should Make Snacks From Scratch

By making these classic snacks at home instead of buying them at a store, you can better control the quantities of salt and sugar and choose quality ingredients that you love.

Ingredients

I find that the best peaches for this dish are very ripe fresh peaches. The better they are, the more their flavor will shine.

You’ll also need heavy cream, sugar, brown sugar, butter, and cinnamon.