Roasted Banana Scones

       Bananas have really grown on me in the past few months.....well banana flavor, like mashed up bananas in baked goods or smoothies etc. I still haven't gotten into eating them whole and plain, the texture is weird and just freaks me out, and just.....no. But some roasted banana scones, now that is more my kinda thing. Especially with some yummy brown sugar glaze drizzled on top! Look at this picture and tell me you disagree...

         Health isn't really the main priority of these sweet little treats (especially if you smother them in glaze), but they aren't too bad for you in the spectrum of baked goods. There is only 4 tbsp butter and you can use greek yogurt (fat free) instead of regular yogurt for extra protein! So feel free to eat them occasionally for breakfast, or dessert! 

Start by roasting the bananas to bring out their sweetness and give good texture for baking:

Pretty, right?

Mix up the dough, fold in some nuts

Press it to the shape of a large disc, about 1 1/2 inch thick (preferably on wax paper but we didnt have any) and freeze to set

Cut into pieces, with an optional sprinkle of crumb topping

Bake!

And drizzle with sweet, delicious, brown sugar glaze

Voilà!

Roasted Banana Scones

3 bananas

2 tbsp milk

1/2 cup yogurt (greek or regular)

2 1/2 cups flour (optional use 1 1/2 cup regular, 1 cup whole wheat)

3 tbsp brown sugar

2 tbsp white sugar

2 tsp baking powder

1 heaping tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp salt

4 tbsp butter

1/3 cup walnuts, chopped

Glaze:

1 tbsp butter

2 tbsp milk

3 tbsp brown sugar

1/2 tsp vanilla

1/3 cup powdered sugar

Optional Crumb Topping:

1/4 cup brown sugar

2 tbsp flour

2 tbsp butter

1/2 tsp cinnamon

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Roast unpeeled banana on rimmed baking sheet for 15 minutes, they will be completely brown like shown in picture. Remove from oven. While bananas cool, mix together flour, sugars, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Cut in the butter to the flour mixture. Peel and mash bananas, mix with milk and yogurt. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture until just incorporated. Fold in walnuts. 

Press dough into the shape of a disc, about 1 1/2 inch thick on a pan or plate lined with wax paper (for easy removal) and put in freezer, this will make it easier to cut later on. Preheat oven to 400 degrees and make the crumb topping my mixing together all ingredients. Remove dough from freezer, top with crumb topping (optional), and cut scones into 8 pieces and bake in preheated oven for 30-35 minutes. 

While scones cool, make glaze by microwaving butter and milk for 15-20 seconds or until melted. Combine all ingredients together. Wait to top scones until they have cooled.

Recipe slightly adapted from soupaddict.com