Banana splits and drop scones: Claire Thomson’s banana recipes for kids

Go bananas!: (clockwise from right) Claire Thomson’s banana, pecan and sunflower seed granola, banana drop scones, and banana split with chocolate ice-cream. Photograph: Issy Croker/The Guardian. Food and prop styling: Emily Ezekiel. Food assistant: Jess McIntosh.

Banana, pecan and sunflower seed granola

A winning way with a ripe banana. The trick to good and boulder-y granola is not to disturb it until you’re ready to box it up – it clumps together as it cooks, and also as it cools