Brown Sugar Bananas Food

BROWN-SUGAR BANANAS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, whisk together honey, brown sugar, and 2 tablespoons water; set aside. Melt butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. When foam from butter subsides, add bananas in a single layer; cook, flipping once, until dark brown, 7 to 9 minutes total.
• Add reserved honey mixture; cook 45 seconds and serve immediately. Cooled bananas can be refrigerated in an airtight container up to 1 day. Reheat over medium-low before serving.

CARAMELIZED BANANAS

Steps:

• 1. Prepare a medium fire in the grill.
• 2. Combine the butter and brown sugar in a shallow dish. Peel the bananas, cut in half lengthwise, and then again crosswise. Add the bananas to the butter mixture and toss very gently to coat.
• 3. Grill the bananas, turning once, until a crispy brown coating of caramelized sugar forms on the surface, about 5 minutes per side. Watch carefully; don't allow the sugar to char.
• 4. Remove from the grill and, if desired, drizzle the rum or liqueur on top. Serve hot.

BAKED BANANA AND BROWN SUGAR DESSERT

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 F.
• Peel the bananas, and place the whole peeled bananas in a well-greased baking dish .
• Brush the bananas generously with the melted butter, and sprinkle them lightly with salt.
• Sprinkle brown sugar evenly over the bananas.
• Bake for 15 to 18 minutes or until bananas are tender.

BROWN SUGAR-CINNAMON BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Mix 2 Tbsp. sugar and 1 tsp. cinnamon until blended; reserve for later use. Combine flour, baking soda and salt.
• Beat egg, bananas, mayo and vanilla with remaining sugar and cinnamon in large bowl with whisk until blended. Add flour mixture; stir just until moistened.
• Pour into greased and floured 9x5-inch loaf pan; sprinkle with reserved sugar mixture.
• Bake 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool bread in pan 10 min. Remove from pan to wire rack; cool completely.

BAKED BROWN SUGAR BANANAS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°.
• Cut bananas cross-wise in half; cut each half lengthwise in half.
• Place cut sides up in ungreased square baking dish, 9x9x2".
• Mix butter, lemon juice and allspice; brush over bananas.
• Sprinkle with brown sugar.
• Bake uncovered about 15 minutes or until bananas are hot.

WARM BANANAS WITH BROWN SUGAR AND BAY LEAF

Steps:

• In large skillet over high heat, melt the butter and cook until it browns, about 3 minutes. Add the bay leaves and stand back (it may pop). Add the lemon juice, orange juice, brown sugar, brandy, and a pinch of salt. Bring the mixture up to a boil. Stir and cook until the liquid has reduced by half and it has reached a syrupy consistency, about 5 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat. Add the bananas and pepper. Stir to coat the bananas evenly. Serve immediately spooned over cake or ice cream.
• Cooking Notes: You can make the sauce hours ahead of time. Just add the fruit after you bring the sauce back to a simmer. The fruit should be a little cool inside. Serve it with a good, store bought chocolate cake or spoon it over your favorite ice cream.

BANANAS IN BROWN-SUGAR SAUCE

Steps:

• Stir brown sugar, butter and oil in a medium skillet over medium heat until bubbling.
• Add rum(away from the fire) lime juice and cinnamon and cook until slightly thickened.
• Add bananas and cook, stirring, until tender.
• Divide between 2 bowls and top with a dollop of low-fat vanilla yogurt, sour cream or ice cream.

BANANA BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Lightly grease 9 x 5 loaf pan.
• In large bowl, combine flour, soda and salt.
• In separate bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar.
• Stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended.
• Stir banana mixture into flour mixture; stir just to moisten.
• Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in preheated oven for 60-65 minutes until a toothpick inserted into center of loaf comes out clean.
• Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.

BROWN SUGAR BANANA SAUCE (FOR ICE CREAM)

Steps:

• Over low heat, combine brown sugar, butter and milk until sugar is melted and not gritty.
• Add in vanilla, cinnamon, bananas. Cook for 1 min (or longer but we don't like the taste of cooked bananas.)
• Remove from heat and let cool slightly.
• Top individual servings of ice cream with sauce and sprinkle toasted pecans and coconut over top. Serve immediately.

BROWN SUGAR BANANA CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Grease two 8 or 9-inch cake pans.
• CAKE:
• Beat brown sugar blend and oil in an electric mixer. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add next 6 ingedients. Beat to combine. Fold in chocolate chips. Pour batter into prepared pans.
• Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool in pans for 10 minutes. Remove from pans and cool on a wire rack.
• ASSEMBLY:.
• Place 1 layer of cake on serving platter. Place sliced banana on top. Place remaining cake on top. Sprinkle with icing sugar if desired.
• TIPS: for a more decadent version, place 3/4 cup Chipits Semi-sweet chocolate chips in a heat proof bowl. Heat 1/4 cup Carnation fat-free evaporated milk in the microwave for 1 minute and pour over chocolate chips. Let sit 5 minutes, stir until mixture is combined. Drizzle half the mixture over the sliced bananas and bottom half of cake. Place remaining layer on top. Drizzle with remaining chocolate.

BROWN SUGAR BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into a large bowl and whisk with a metal whisk until well blended.
• In a large bowl blend the egg whites, oil, brown sugar, vanilla, and mashed bananas with an electric mixer until creamy.
• Add dry ingredients to wet and with a few swift strokes blend by hand until smooth.
• Pour into non-stick loaf pans sprayed with cooking oil and bake for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick or cake tester inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean.
• Cool on rack.