Banana Dog Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Lightly grease a baking sheet.
• Stir together the egg, peanut butter, banana, and honey in a medium bowl; blend thoroughly. Stir in the flour and wheat germ; mix well. Turn dough out onto a floured board and roll to 1/4 inch thick. Cut into desired shapes with a cookie cutter, place on prepared baking sheet, and brush tops with egg white.
• Bake biscuits in preheated oven until dried and golden brown, about 30 minutes, depending on size. Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Lightly grease 2 large baking sheets.
• Combine water, mashed bananas, honey, vanilla, and egg in a large bowl.
• Stir in whole-wheat flour and baking powder.
• Beat dough with an electric mixer on medium speed until ingredients are thoroughly combined, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Turn dough onto a floured surface and knead until no longer sticky, 5 to 8 minutes.
• Roll out dough to 1/4-inch thickness and cut into mini shapes with your favorite cookie cutter.
• Place dough shapes on prepared baking sheets.
• Bake in preheated oven until cookies are lightly browned, about 20 minutes.
• Turn off the oven and leave cookies until thoroughly dry and crisp, 30 to 40 more minutes.
• Remove baking sheets from oven and allow cookies to cool on pans for 10 minutes. Transfer cookies to wire rack to fully cool.

Steps:

• Spread 2 tablespoons peanut butter on the inside of each hot dog bun. Place a peeled banana inside each bun. Cut off the end of the banana if it is too long for the bun. Drizzle the top of each banana with 1 tablespoon of honey. Sprinkle approximately 2 tablespoons of granola on top of the honey. Drizzle with raspberry sauce. Top with diced kiwi.
• When packing the sandwich, to keep it from getting soggy make sure to pack the kiwi relish and raspberry sauce separately in small plastic containers. Have your child top the sandwich at lunchtime.