PERFECT QUICK & EASY HOLIDAY SWEET | Easy holiday dessert recipe

ripe plantains

🥗Healthier: zucchini

💰Cheaper: bananas

Zucchini offers a similar texture with fewer calories.

brown sugar

🥗Healthier: coconut sugar

💰Cheaper: white sugar

Coconut sugar has a lower glycemic index.

Cut the plantains into pieces without peeling them and wash them.

Boil the plantain pieces in salted water for 10 minutes.

Remove the skin from the boiled plantains and mash them while hot.

Remove any core from the plantains while mashing.

Add 2 tablespoons of butter to the mashed plantains and mix until melted.

Zest one whole lime and one whole orange, and add the zest to the mixture.

Add 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract and 1 teaspoon of almond extract to the mixture.

Add 1/4 cup of light brown sugar to the mixture and mix well, adjusting sugar to taste.

Add 1/2 cup of all-purpose flour, 1 whole egg, and 1 teaspoon of baking powder to the mixture and mix until combined.

Wet your hands to prevent sticking and form the mixture into small balls, about the size of a key lime.

Place the formed balls on a plate coated with flour to prevent sticking.

Heat canola oil in a skillet for frying.

Fry the balls in the hot oil until golden brown.

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