Banana Dumplings with Toffee Sauce

Soft banana flavoured dumplings in a toffee sauce. Serve with ice-cream for a delicious dessert.

• Ready In: 35 mins
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups plain flour
• 3  teaspoons baking powder
• 2  teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 30  g butter, chopped
• 2  teaspoons caster sugar
• 1⁄2 cup  mashed banana
• 1⁄2 cup milk (approx)

• TOFFEE SAUCE

• 2  cups water
• 30  g butter
• 1  cup brown sugar, firmly packed

Directions

1. Sift flour, baking powder and cinnamon into a bowl.
2. Rub in butter.
3. Stir in sugar, banana, and enough milk to form a sticky dough.
4. To make the sauce, combine all the sauce ingredients in a saucepan.
5. Stir over a low heat, without boiling until the sugar has dissolved.
6. When it has dissolved bring to the boil, without stirring and then reduce the heat to a simmer.
7. Drop tablespoons of dough mixture into the simmering sauce and simmer them, covered, for 15 minutes or until they are cooked.
8. Serve the dumpling with the toffee sauce.