Smoothie · Peanut Butter Banana
Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie
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Before you start
Gather your ingredients
Swaps for milk
Instead of milk
- Unsweetened soy milk: The same amount. The closest plant milk for baking: its protein helps things brown and set.
- Unsweetened oat milk: The same amount. Creamy and mild with a hint of sweetness.
- Unsweetened almond milk: The same amount. Thinner and less rich, so cakes are a little paler and drier.
Cooking for an allergy? Check every label.
Swaps for peanut butter
Instead of peanut butter
- Sunflower seed butter: The same amount. Earthier and a little sweeter.
- Almond or cashew butter: The same amount. Milder and less salty (add a pinch of salt).
- Soy nut butter: The same amount. Close in taste and texture; contains soy.
Cooking for an allergy? Check every label.
Swaps for rolled oats
Instead of oats
- Quick oats: The same amount. Softer, more cake-like cookies and bars with less chew; mushy in granola and overnight oats.
Swaps for honey
Instead of honey
- Maple syrup: The same amount. Thinner, with a maple flavor; a little less sweet.
- Agave syrup: A little less (about ¾ the amount). Sweeter and very neutral; thinner.
- Light corn syrup or golden syrup: The same amount. Less sweet and neutral (golden syrup tastes buttery).
Don't give honey, even baked into food, to babies under 1 year old.
Swaps for ground cinnamon
Instead of cinnamon
- Pumpkin pie spice or apple pie spice: The same amount. Mostly cinnamon, with ginger, nutmeg and allspice or cloves: a little spicier.
- Ground allspice or nutmeg: About ¼ the amount. Much stronger and different, but warm in the same way.
Swaps for unsweetened cocoa powder
Instead of cocoa powder
- Natural and Dutch-process cocoa: The same amount. Swap freely when the recipe uses baking powder.
- Unsweetened chocolate: 1 oz melted unsweetened chocolate for each 3 tbsp cocoa; cut the butter or oil by 1 tbsp. Fudgier and richer.
- Carob powder: The same amount. Caffeine-free and naturally sweet, but it tastes like carob, not chocolate.
Step 1 of 5
Pour the milk into the blender.
Step 2 of 5
Add the frozen bananas, peanut butter, oats, honey, cinnamon, cocoa if using and the ice.
Step 3 of 5
Blend on low to break everything up, then on high until thick and completely smooth.
Step 4 of 5
If the blender stalls, stop it, stir with a spatula and add a splash more milk.
Step 5 of 5
Pour into glasses and serve right away.
All done
Enjoy!
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