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Something Unexpectedly Cool Happens When You Use Banana Peel as an Ingredient
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That much sugar makes anything taste good though. May as well blend lawn clippings.
It sounds like a lot but it's roughly the same weight in banana peels and sugar, it's typical for this sort of jam. For reference: you could sub the peels for the same weight in strawberries, and the recipe still works.
EDIT: it is by no means something healthy to eat in large quantities. It's a caloric bomb, just like any jam. But it works great as a bread spread, the banana peels won't go to waste, and it packs a lot of potassium too. (Most potassium from bananas is in the peel, not in the flesh.)
I also have a banana cake recipe if anyone is interested. It uses the whole banana but you can tweak it to use just the peels.
Sorry, i forgot it was jam.
I'm interested in a banana bread recipe that uses the peels too! I'd honestly never heard of cooking with banana peels before
Sorry for the late reply.
*the recipe itself doesn't use flour, only breadcrumbs. Use preferably light-coloured ones.
**don't trust the time alone, as it varies a bit (I think that it has to do with the bananas); pierce the cake with a wooden toothpick and check if it comes off clean.