Bananas Baked in Phyllo with Date-Sweetened Chocolate Sauce

Name: Bananas Baked in Phyllo with Date-Sweetened Chocolate Sauce
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon raw almond butter or other nut butter (optional); 4 mediums large ripe bananas; 4 Tbsps Date-Sweetened Chocolate Sauce (recipe below); 4 servings Cinnamon; 1 teaspoon cocoa powder; 4 medjool dates, pitted and chopped; 1 Tbsp chopped walnuts, crushed into a coarse powder; 118 milliliters boiling water

Bananas Baked in Phyllo with Date-Sweetened Chocolate Sauce

You can never have too many side dish recipes, so give Bananas Baked in Phyllo with Date-Sweetened Chocolate Sauce a try. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. One serving contains 253 calories, 3g of protein, and 4g of fat. If you have almond butter, medium-large bananas, walnuts, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 35 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and dairy free diet.

Instructions

Remove one sheet and place it on a cutting board or other work surface.

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Cutting Board

Place one peeled banana along one of the narrow ends,

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Banana

Sprinkle the dough evenly with a fourth of the walnuts.

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Walnuts

Dough

Sprinkle the banana with a dusting of cinnamon and then roll it up in the phyllo.

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Cinnamon

Banana

Roll

Place it seam-side down in the baking dish. (If making in single-serving dishes, cut wrapped banana in half and place halves in dish side by side.) Repeat with remaining bananas. Give the tops of the wrapped bananas a quick (1/2 second) spray with canola oil.

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Canola Oil

Banana

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Baking Pan

Bake for 20-30 minutes, until tops are golden brown and bananas have begun to sizzle and release a syrup. To serve, cut bananas in half and place two halves on each plate, along with some of the banana syrup from the baking dish.

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Banana

Syrup