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Banana Cinnamon Rolls

A Healthier Alternative To
High-Fat Cinnamon Rolls

Have a healthy feast with these banana cinnamon rolls! Guaranteed to make YOU ooh and aah!

Tip: use bananas up in this recipe before they go bad! The riper they are, the more sugar they contain. That pertains to all fruits, not just bananas.

Ingredients:

• 2 ripe bananas, sliced 1/8" thick, chill overnight for easier slicing
  
• cinnamon powder to taste
  
• 1/2 cup of raisins
• 1 cup of dates, re-hydrated in good water
  

Here's How To Make Banana Cinnamon Rolls:

1. Re-hydrate the dates overnight in good clean water, preferably distilled.
2. Slice the bananas lengthwise, about 1/8" thick. They slice better chilled. Put on dehydrator trays for about 2 hours to remove some stickiness.
3. When the dates are quite soft, mash them up with a fork in a glass bowl and add cinnamon powder to taste. Add raisins too at the end of the date mashing, but don't mash the raisins!
   
4. Carefully spread the date and raisin mixture onto the slightly dehydrated banana slices. Roll them up.
   
5. Put the banana cinnamon rolls back on the dehydrator a couple more hours. I had to use my top tray of my Nesco due to the height of the rolls. An Excalibur dehydrator wouldn't have this problem, as you can easily remove a tray and have tons of room!

Re-hydrating The Dates

I gobbled these up in record time. Warning! Warning! Warning! They are VERY good AND healthy too! Just remember, when eating more fruits—you need to cut your fat intake to 10 - 15% of your total calories. Why? So that the sugars that our bodies need to live off can get through your bloodstream and give you the energy nature provided. Plus, you don't want to get diabetes. After being "raw" for a few years, I switched over to a low-sugar/carb Keto Diet (see my sister-site: Finally-Keto.)

The dates I used are dried dates, as the photo shows. If you have juicier fresh dates, there's probably won't be any need to re-hydrate them. Keep on scrolling down to see the sliced bananas on the dehydrator!

Sliced Bananas On My Nesco® Dehydrator

Remember to chill your bananas first if they're VERY ripe and a bit on the squishy side. Bananas are best eaten when they have speckled skins, about 40% covered with speckles at a guess. I used FOUR dehydrator trays (read more HERE why four trays are the minimum to use).

In the photo below, you'll see the bananas after they've been on the dehydrator for a couple of hours. Next, we mash up the dates, and then add the raisins. Now it's time to put the mixture on the bananas and roll 'em up!

Actually, the stuff is pretty sticky, so it was easier to do than I imagined it would be.

Time To Roll Them Up!

Rolling up the Banana Cinnamon Rolls

Don't worry if your bananas split apart; the mixture and the banana at this stage are quite sticky and acts like glue. I actually used my fingers to put on the spread.

Now they go BACK on the dehydrator on the TOP tray of my Nesco with the three empty trays below it. Why? Nesco states you should NOT use their dehydrator with less than four trays SO THAT THE AIR can circulate properly.

As stated earlier, if you have an Excalibur dehydrator, this is not a problem, as their trays are easily removed, so you can create plenty of "headroom" between trays.

See My Banana Cinnamon Rolls!

Admittedly NOT as pretty as Chef Alicia's, but absolutely every bit as delicious!

Susan Gast began Easy Food Dehydrating in December 2010. Read Susan's story of what sparked her interest in all things related to "food dehydrating."

Susan is featured on Mother Earth News blog, and on Solo Build It (SBI) who host this site along with her sister site, Finally-Keto. Read her first SBI interview, and her second SBI interview. Susan also runs an additional SBI website: SusanGast.com - Non-Fiction Author - and showcases many of the books she's created and marketed over the years.

Since 1980, Susan's involvement in publishing - in one form or another - led her to create a "review site" of products related to the publishing industry. Visit ePubTechReviews today.

Do you want to send Susan a quick message? Visit her contact page here. She'd love to hear from you!

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