Banana Bread Biscotti

Chunks of banana, banana granola or mueslix cereal, toffee chips all laced together with brown sugar, honey, and nutty good things.It smells like banana bread; it crunches like a cookie. Delicious!

• Ready In: 1 hr 15 mins
• Yields: 2 dozen

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup  melted unsalted butter
• 1  cup white sugar
• 2  tablespoons honey
• 1⁄3 cup brown sugar, packed
• 3⁄4 cup  pureed ripe banana
• 2  eggs
• 2  teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 2  tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1⁄8 teaspoon allspice
• 3  cups all-purpose flour
• 2 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1  cup banana granola or 1  cup  mueslix  cereal (Post or Kellogg’s etc.)
• 1⁄2 cup  minced  chocolate-covered english toffee bars or 1⁄2 cup  caramel-flavored bits (optional)
• 1⁄2 cup  finely chopped toasted walnuts or 1⁄2 cup  macadamia nuts
• 3⁄4 cup  diced ripe banana

• Topping

• 1⁄3 cup brown sugar
• 1⁄4 cup  melted butter, to taste

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F Stack two baking sheets together and line the top one with parchment paper.
2. In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter or oil with the sugars and honey and the mix in the pureed banana.
3. Blend in the eggs, vanilla and lemon juice.
4. Fold in the dry ingredients, and last, the diced banana, thoroughly but taking care not to mash the banana into the dough (you want the chunks to stay intact).
5. Pat the dough out in one large log about 4-5 inches across and 10-14 inches log.
6. Smear the top with a tiny bit of extra melted butter and press in crushed about 1/3 cup or so or brown sugar.
7. Bake 35-40 minutes until set.
8. Reduce oven temperature to 325°F Meanwhile, cut the log into cookies, about 1/2 inch or a bit more, on the diagonal.
9. Bake, on a cookie sheet,turning once, about 15-20 minutes total to dry out and crisp cookies.
10. Makes 1-2 dozen, depending on size.
11. (For smaller ones, make two smaller logs).