Mini banoffee bites

It has been too long since I last posted. Too any distractions and excuses and not enough effective use of my time. Well, no bother.

My son turned 2 the other week and we had a small party for him. We had a mini minion themed party where all our foods were small and bite sized. For one of our sweet ideas, I came up with a mini banoffee bite. It was very simple to make and I think it fitted to the theme of the party very well.

These are great for parties, movie snacks or just for when you have guests round.

To make a 24, you will need:-

120g butter
200g sugar
220g plain flour (plus a little more for dusting)
pinch of salt

1 tin of condensed milk (400g)
100g butter
100g demera sugar

3 bananas sliced
250ml heavy cream
75g chocolate (I used milk chocolate)

Start my beating your sugar and butter together until light and fluffy. Add the salt and flour and mix together to form a dough. Wrap up in cling film and place in a fridge for an hour.

Preheat your oven to 175C.

Take out of the fridge and place on a dusted surface. Roll out until about a cm thick and using a small round cutter (you can make any shape you like) cut out as many as you can. Place on a tray with baking paper and put into the oven to bake for 10 minutes. Take out and let cool on a wire rack for half an hour.

Whilst the biscuits are cooling down, put your condensed milk, butter and sugar in a heavy bottomed pan. Slowly bring to a boil, stir continuously so as not to burn the caramel. It will take around 10 minutes to do, this will tire your arms but you will see it get darker and thicker. Take off the heat and leave to cool.

Place your sliced bananas on the biscuit and then spoon the caramel on top. Once you have done them all, place in the fridge until the caramel and cooled completely. Then whip up you cream, place on top and sprinkle some grated chocolate to finish off.