Banana Wontons

We started a Book Club on Saturday and this one of our apitizers. It was a big hit. The Banana Wontons were a Weight Watchers recipe that I have tweaked now that I’m not counting calories as much. I’ll post the original and my updated version.

Original
2 servings of butter-flavor cooking spray
1 large banana, diced
6 Tbsp mini chocolate chips
24 wonton wrappers
1 Tbsp powered sugar

Points Value: 4

Servings: 6

Prep time: 10 min

I like to use all the wonton wrappers so my revised recipe makes about 60 wontons. I’m not very good at using measuring devices so I just do what looks good. It’s hard to mess this one up.

Revised
Cooking spray
4 Bananas, mashed
A Handful of mini chocolate chips
A Handful of chopped walnuts
60+ wonton wrappers
Powered sugar to sprinkle on top

Then the rest of the directions are the same.

Preheat oven to 400ºF. Coat a large baking sheet with cooking spray.
In a medium bowl, combine banana and chocolate chips, (& Walnuts); mix gently.
Place wonton wrappers on a flat surface. Drop banana mixture by teaspoonfuls onto center of each wrapper. Moisten edges of wrapper with wet fingers, fold over one corner to make a triangle and press sides together to seal. Transfer filled wrappers to prepared baking sheet and coat surface of wontons with cooking spray.
Bake until wontons are golden brown, about 10 to 12 minutes. Sift powdered sugar over wontons before serving.

Tarts

[DOUGH]

Beat together 5 min:
½ cup sugar
¼ tsp salt
2 cubes butter

Add and beat 3 min:
1 egg
***flavoring
2 ¾ cups flour

Knead till there are no flour streaks
Shape into tart shells
Bake at 375 degrees for 12 min
***flavoring: 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla, or 1 ½ teaspoons lemon juice and ½ teaspoons lemon rind grated finely

[FILLING]

Blend:
1 package of cream cheese
1 container or marshmallow cream

[GLAZE] optional

Combine in Sauce pan:
1 cup sugar
3 Tbs cornstarch
1/8 tsp salt
Add and stir:
½ cup water
Stir in:
1 ½ cups pureed fruit (add 1 Tbs lemon juice if fruit is bland or goes brown quickly)
Bring to a boil and add:
2 Tbs butter
Spoon over fresh fruit and chill until set
Mixture can be strained if you want a clearer glaze
*for peach add 1 tsp vanilla extract and ½ tsp almond extract

[TOPPING]

Any kind of fruit

Strawberry Danish Dessert

[CRUST]

2 cups flour
½ cup brown sugar
½ cup softened butter

Mix flour, brown sugar, and butter. Pat mixture down into a 9X13 pan. Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes. Crumble

[FILLING]

1 8oz pkg. cream cheese
2 tsp vanilla
1 cup powdered sugar
2 cups heavy cream

Whip the heavy cream and blend in the powdered sugar and vanilla. In a separate bowl beat softened cream cheese before adding it to the mixture.

Spread ½ the crust in 9X13 pan. Spread filling on top. Spread the remaining crumbs on top.

[TOPPING]

Top with 1 pkg. Strawberry danish dessert prepared as directed on pkg. Then add 4 cups strawberries.

***CRUST---FILLING---CRUST---TOPPING