Can you freeze banana oat bites?
Yes. Freeze the pieces on a lined tray until firm, then pack them into a container.
How to freeze and defrost it, with the Food Standards Agency’s advice at each step.
The recipe
One batch makes 6 portions, in 30m start to finish.
Ingredients for 6 portions
Method
Mix
- Heat the oven to 160°C fan. If the banana bread is baking, these go on the shelf beside it.
- Line your biggest baking tray with baking paper.
- Mash banana in a bowl with a fork until there are no big lumps. The browner they are, the sweeter the bites.
- Stir in jumbo porridge oats and sultanas until every oat is coated.
Bake
- Spoon heaped tablespoons onto the tray, spaced apart, and flatten each one with the back of the spoon.
- Bake for 15 minutes, until golden at the edges.
- Leave on the tray for 10 minutes to firm up, then move to a wire rack to cool.
How to freeze
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cool any warm dishes before putting them in your freezer
, says the Food Standards Agency. - Spread them out on a lined tray and freeze until firm, then pack into your container.
How to defrost
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the safest way to defrost food is in the fridge overnight
, says the Food Standards Agency. - Take it out of its container.
How we’d cook it, not advice. We don’t check recipes for allergens, and ingredients vary by brand, so check the label on everything you use. Prepare and cook food the way the Food Standards Agency says. Allergens and food safety
Nutrition
Per portion- Energy
- 179 kcal
- Fat
- 2.2g
- Carbohydrate
- 37.1g
- Protein
- 3.7g
Nutrition details
- Energy
- 179 kcal
- Fat
- 2.2g
- of which saturates
- 0.3g
- Carbohydrate
- 37.1g
- of which sugars
- 17.9g
- Fibre
- 3.1g
- Protein
- 3.7g
- Salt
- 0.01g
Estimated from ingredient data.
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Part of a whole bunch of bananas
3 bananas of a bunch of 6 bananas: for lunchboxes, 6 portions. The same session makes banana bread.
No special kit
- Works best in an air-tight container Any freezer-safe container does the job too.
- Everything from one shop Batch cook it with Nomstash and the air-tight containers go on the same shopping list as the food.
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Freezing and defrosting safely
The Food Standards Agency’s advice, in their words.
Label everything you freeze.
label food you freeze so you don’t end up with Unidentified Frozen Objects (UFOs)
The rest of the Food Standards Agency’s advice, in their words, is in our freezing and defrosting guide.
Sources
- Food Standards Agency How to chill, freeze and defrost food safely gov.uk
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