Egg & Milk Free Easy Banana Scone

Ingredients

• 200 grams Cake flour
• 1/2 tsp Baking powder (preferably aluminium-free)
• 1 pinch Salt
• 3 tbsp Oil
• 50 ml Maple syrup
• 1 Banana

Instructions

1. Cut the banana into cubes roughly 5 mm in size.
2. If you are using ripe bananas, you can cut them into larger cubes, as they will fall apart when mixing.
3. Sift the ingredients into a bowl (or you can fluff them up with a whisk).
4. Add the oil and rub the mixture between both hands until there are no more lumps.
5. Add the banana from Step 1 into the bowl from Step 2, along with the maple syrup.
6. Mix with a spatula.
7. When the dough starts to come together, use your hands to knead it into a ball.
8. Gently press down on the dough from Step 3, into a thickness of approximately 2 cm.
9. Cut into 8 slices and place on a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
10. Bake in a preheated oven at 190C for 20 minutes.
11. It's also delicious if you replace the banana with steamed pumpkin!
12. Steam 150 g of pumpkin (flesh) and roughly mash to substitute the banana.
13. The banana or pumpkin will get mashed as you mix it, so just mash it roughly while leaving some lumps.