Banana Maple Crisps
/I just made a Maple Banana Bread which was so delish! The aroma, the texture, the flavor, I thought why not turn it into a dog treat. Trying to decide what flour to use I finally decided to just leave it out to see what would happen. Bananas work well as a replacement for eggs to bind together but to really make the mixture stay together I used ground flax seed in place of the vegetable oil. It worked out quite well for a crispy, chewy treat which, by the way, Kirby has been forced to share with the human members of his pack.
Banana Maple Crisps
An easy dog treat recipe with just 3 ingredients!Cook Time:
Nutrition facts:
Calories: 30
Calories from fat: 7
Ingredients:
- 3 medium bananas, ripened
- 1/2 cup ground flax seeds
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
Instructions:
- Mash the banana in a small bowl.
- Add the flax seeds and thoroughly mix together.
- Stir in the maple syrup. Be sure to use pure maple syrup not pancake syrup.
- Drop by teaspoonfuls onto a prepared baking sheet and press flat.
- Bake at 300 degrees for 25 minutes and then turn over. Bake another 10 minutes or until the edges are brown and the tops are hard.
- Turn off the oven and leave in for about an hour to really crisp up. .
The smaller and thinner, the less time it will take to bake. It's even easier to spread out the mixture on the baking sheet and cut into small squares halfway through the baking using a pizza cutter so you can snap the pieces apart once cooled.
These should last at least a week in an airtight container, several weeks in the refrigerator, and up to six months in the freezer.
