Banana Desserts

Subject: ~~Banana Desserts~~ Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:48 pm

Banana Dumplings

1 pkg (10oz) piecrust mix

4 large, not overly ripe bananas

1/4 cup lemon juice

1/3 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed

1 tsp cinnamon

Sauce

2 squares, unsweetened chocolate

1 tbsp butter or margarine

1 cup light corn syrup

1/8 tsp salt

Make piecrust mix as package label directs

Refrigerate until ready to use

Preheat oven to 425F

Peel bananas halve crosswise

Brush well with lemon juice

On sheet of waxed paper, mix sugar with cinnamon

Roll each banana half in sugar mixture

On lightly floured surface, roll out pastry to a 14 by 8 inch rectangle

Cut into 8 strips, each 14 by 1 inch

Wrap a pastry strip around each banana half, spiraling to overlap about 1/4 inch

Arrange in lightly greased 9x9x1-3/4 inch baking pan

Bake 40 minutes, or until crust is golden brown

Meanwhile, make sauce:

Melt chocolate with butter over hot, not boiling, water

Gradually stir in corn syrup, add salt

Keep warm over hot water

Serve dumplings warm, with sauce spooned over

Makes 8 servings

Subject: Re: ~~Banana Desserts~~ Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:48 pm

Baked Bananas Calypso

1/3 cup granulated sugar

1/3 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed

3 medium ripe bananas (1-1/4 lb)

2 (3 inch) cinnamon sticks, broken into small pieces

1/4 cup dry red or white wine

1/8 tsp ground cinnamon

2 tbsp butter or margarine

Light cream or Ice Cream

Preheat oven to 375F

Lightly grease an 8x8x2 inch baking dish

Combine granulated and brown sugars on sheet of waxed paper, mixing well

Peel bananas, roll in half of sugar mixture, coating well

Place in prepared baking dish pierce bananas all over with cinnamon stick pieces

Sprinkle with wine, then with rest of sugar mixture and ground cinnamon

Dot with butter

Bake, uncovered and basting occasionally, 30 to 35 minutes, or until tender

To serve

Remove cinnamon pieces, cut each banana in half diagonally

Serve slightly warm, with cream

Makes 6 servings

Subject: Re: ~~Banana Desserts~~ Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:49 pm

Banana Puffs

Take as many bananas as there are persons to serve

Roll in sugar and cinnamon,

Then roll each banana in thin pie crust

Bake in hot oven (375) for 15 minutes

Serve with whipped cream or lemon sauce

Puffs may be served hot or cold.

Subject: Re: ~~Banana Desserts~~ Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:49 pm

Mint Glace Banana's

Good with roast lamb or broiled chops

1/4 cup butter

6 bananas, peeled

1/2 cup mint jelly

1 tbsp lemon juice

Dash of nutmeg or cinnamon

Melt butter in skillet

Add bananas and sauté on both sides until golden

Add mint jelly and as it melts, mix in lemon juice

Baste bananas with sauce until well glazed

Serve hot or cold with a dash of nutmeg or cinnamon

Makes 6 servings

Subject: Re: ~~Banana Desserts~~ Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:49 pm

Guatemalan Baked Bananas

4 bananas

4 tbsp lime or lemon juice

1/3 cup honey

4 tbsp dry sherry

2 tbsp melted butter

1/2 pint (1 cup) sour cream

Ground cinnamon

Heat oven to 400

Peel bananas and place in buttered shallow baking dish

Brush fruit with lime or lemon juice

Blend honey with sherry and melted butter, mixing well

Pour honey mixture over bananas

Bake 15 to 20 minutes, or until bananas are tender

Spoon any remaining syrup over bananas before removing from baking pan

Serve hot with generous spoonfuls of sour cream and a dusting of cinnamon

Makes 4 servings

Subject: Re: ~~Banana Desserts~~ Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:36 pm

Banana Mayonnaise

1 ripe banana

1 tbsp freshly squeezed lime or lemon juice

1/2 cup mayonnaise

Mash the ripe banana and add juice

Blend in mayonnaise

Cover and chill in refrigerator

Makes 1 cup

Subject: Re: ~~Banana Desserts~~ Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:37 pm

Banana Sour Cream Cake
1 pkg (2 layer size) yellow cake mix
3 eggs
1 cup mashed ripe bananas (about 3 bananas)
1 cup Sour Cream
¼ cup oil
1 pkg (8oz) cream cheese softened
½ cup (1 stick) butter softened
1 pkg (16oz) powdered sugar (about 4 cups)
1 cup Walnuts pieces, finely chopped

Preheat oven to 350
Grease and flour 13x9 inch baking pan, set aside
Beat cake mix, eggs, bananas, sour cream and oil in large bowl with electric mixer on low speed just until moistened, stopping frequently to scrape bottom and side of bowl
Beat on medium speed 2 min.
Pour into prepared pan
Bake 35 minutes, or until wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean cool completely in pan on wire rack
Beat cream cheese and butter in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended
Gradually add sugar, beating after each addition until well blended
Remove cake from pan, cut crosswise in half
Place one cake half, top side down, on large serving plate, spread top with frosting, top with remaining cake half, top side up
Frost top and sides of cake with remaining frosting
Carefully press walnuts into frosting onsides of cake
Store any leftovers in refrigerator
Makes 16 servings

Subject: Re: ~~Banana Desserts~~ Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:37 pm

Banana Ice Cream

1 quart cream

4 ripe bananas

1 cup sugar

Few grains of salt

1-1/2 tablespoon lemon juice

Remove skins of the bananas and force through a sieve with lemon juice

Partly freeze the remaining ingredients and add banana-lemon pulp.

Freeze

Subject: Re: ~~Banana Desserts~~ Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:37 pm

Banana Ice

Juice of 3 oranges

Juice of 3 lemons

3 bananas, mashed

2 cups of sugar

3 cups of water

Dissolve the sugar in water

Mix fruit juices, and last, mash bananas and mix ingredients together

Put in freezer and turn freezer until the ice is hard

Let stand until ready to serve

Serves 8

Subject: Re: ~~Banana Desserts~~ Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:37 pm

Pineapple Banana Bread

1 cup butter, softened

2-3/4 cups sugar

1/4 cup honey

3 eggs

1 tbsp vanilla

4 ripe bananas, mashed

1 (20oz) can crushed pineapple

4-1/2 cups flour

1 cup chopped walnuts

2 tsp cinnamon

1-1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

Preheat oven to 350

Grease 3 (8x5x3 inch large loaf pans)

In a large bowl, beat butter with sugar and honey

Beat in eggs and vanilla

Mix well

Stir in bananas and pineapple

Stir in flour, walnuts, cinnamon, baking soda and salt until moistened

Pour into prepared loaf pans

Bake for 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean

Cool 10 minutes

Remove from pan

Makes 3 loaves

Subject: Re: ~~Banana Desserts~~ Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:38 pm

Banana Cake

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
2 eggs
1 cup mashed banana
1/2 cup low-fat sour cream
2 1/4 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Butter and flour a 13x9 inch pan
Cream sugar and butter
Beat in eggs, one at a time
Add bananas and sour cream
Sift together flour, baking powder, Baking soda and salt.
Blend into batter
Spread batter evenly in prepared pan
Bake 1 hour
Serves 12 to 18

Subject: Re: ~~Banana Desserts~~ Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:38 pm

Banana Cream Cake

2/3 cup shortening
1-1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 cup mashed bananas
4 tablespoons of sour milk
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon soda
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Cream shortening add sugar gradually and cream again
Add unbeaten eggs one at a time
Beating thoroughly after each addition
Then add mashed bananas with sour milk stir well
Fold in sifted dry ingredients and bake in layers in hot oven, 375F for 20 to 27 minutes
Makes 2 layers
From Chicago Evening American Cookbook 1932

Subject: Re: ~~Banana Desserts~~ Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:38 pm

Banana Pound Cake

1 pkg (17oz) pound cake mix
1 cup mashed ripe bananas
2 eggs
1/2 cup chopped nuts, optional

Preheat oven to 325
Generously grease and flour a 9 inch loaf pan

Omit milk or water called for in pkg directions

Combine mix, bananas and eggs and beat 3 minutes at medium speed on electric mixer or 450 strokes by hand
Fold in nuts
Spoon into 9 inch loaf pan and bake 1-1/4 hours or until golden brown and cake springs back when lightly touched on top
Cool in pan for 30 minutes
Turn out on rack and cool
Store cakes in plastic wrap

Subject: Re: ~~Banana Desserts~~ Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:38 pm

Banana Java Cake

1 pkg caramel flavor cake mix
2 eggs
1/2 cup water
1 tbsp honey
2 tsp dry instant coffee
1 cup mashed banana

Dissolve honey and dry coffee in water
Mix all ingredients in large mixer bowl
Blend until moistened
Beat 2 minutes at medium speed or 300 vigorous hand strokes
Bake 30 to 35 minutes at 350
Cool
Frost with banana butter cream frosting
May be baked in 2-8'layer pans, round
Or 2-9' square pans
Line pans with paper, grease and flour

Optional: Substitute 1 tbsp rum flavor extract for the honey and powdered coffee

Banana Butter Cream Frosting

1/2 cup mashed banana
1/2 tsp lemon juice
1/8 tsp salt
1/4 cup butter
3-1/2 cups sifted confectioner’s sugar

Cream butter with salt
Combine banana and lemon juice
Add alternately to butter with confectioner’s sugar
Beat until fluffy

Subject: Re: ~~Banana Desserts~~ Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:38 pm

Banana Lemon Sponge Tarts

Prepare one 3-1/2 oz pkg of lemon pudding as directed on package
Chill
Before assembling desserts beat chilled pudding slowly with rotary beater until creamy
With a sharp knife cut the rings off tops of 6 pkged sponge cakes
Cover base of each with about 1/2 sliced, peeled, ripe banana
Top with lemon pudding
Replace ring on pudding and garnish with 3 banana slices tucked upright into pudding
Place a maraschino cherry in center of bananas
Makes 6 servings

Subject: Re: ~~Banana Desserts~~ Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:39 pm

Banana Butterscotch Brickle

1 pkg butterscotch flavor pudding mix (4 serving)

2 cups milk

1/2 cup heavy cream, whipped

3/4 cup peanut brittle candies, broken into bits

2-3 bananas, sliced

Additional peanut brittle to garnish

Mix and cook pudding to directions on pkg

Cool to room temperature

Fold in whipped cream

In parfait glasses or decorative sherbet glasses, alternate layers of pudding, banana and peanut brittle, beginning and ending with pudding

Top each serving with a jagged section of candy brittle and several banana slices

Chill before serving

Makes 4 to 5 servings

Optional: follow same procedure as above but use vanilla pudding mix

Before stirring in milk, add 1 tbsp instant coffee powder to dry pudding mix

Subject: Re: ~~Banana Desserts~~ Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:39 pm

Banana Fruit Pudding

1 pkg (3oz) coconut cream pudding and pie filling

1 pkg (3oz) raspberry flavor gelatin

2-1/2 cups water

1/2 cup chopped nuts

1 cup chopped dates

2 ripe bananas

Combine pudding

Gelatin and water in saucepan

Cook and stir until mixture comes to a full boil

Continue boiling 3 to 4 minutes

Stirring until clear and slightly thickened

Chill until mixture begins to thicken, and then fold in nuts, dates and bananas which have been peeled and sliced thin

Spoon into 4 cup mold and chill until firm, about 4 hours

Or spoon into dessert glasses and chill (about 1 hour)

Makes 6 to 8 servings

Do not over cook

Subject: Re: ~~Banana Desserts~~ Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:39 pm

Creamy Banana Pudding

1 can sweetened condensed milk

1-1/2 cups cold water

1 package (4 serving) instant vanilla pudding mix

2 cups (1 pint) whipping cream, whipped

36 vanilla wafers

3 medium bananas, sliced and dipped in lemon juice

In large bowl, combine sweetened condensed milk and water

Add pudding mix, beat until well blended

Chill 5 minutes

Fold in whipped cream.

Spoon 1 cup of pudding mixture into 2-1/2 quart glass serving bowl

Top with 1/3 each of the vanilla wafers, bananas and remaining pudding

Repeat layering twice, ending with pudding mixture

Chill thoroughly

Garnish as desired

Store leftovers covered in refrigerator

Subject: Re: ~~Banana Desserts~~ Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:39 pm

Strawberry Banana Mousse

1 pkg (3oz) strawberry flavor gelatin

1/2 cup heavy cream, whipped

4 bananas, sliced

Dissolve gelatin in water according to pkg directions

Chill until partially thickened (like unbeaten egg white)

Fold in whipped cream

Fill parfait glasses with alternate layers of gelatin mixture and banana slices

Garnish with additional banana slices and berries in season

Makes 6 servings

Subject: Re: ~~Banana Desserts~~ Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:39 pm

Banana Honey Dressing

1/2 cup salad oil

1/4 cup vinegar

2 tbsps lemon juice

1/2 tsp paprika

1 tbsp honey

1 tsp salt

2 ripe mashed bananas

Combine all ingredients in capped jar or bottle

Shake well until thoroughly blended, and then chill until ready to use

Shake well, once again, before serving

Makings 1-1/3 cups

Subject: Re: ~~Banana Desserts~~ Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:40 pm

Cranberry-Banana Mold

1 (3oz) pkg raspberry flavored gelatin

1 cup boiling water

1 (16 oz) can whole cranberry sauce

2 bananas, sliced

1/2 cup chopped pecans

Dissolve gelatin in water. Add Cranberry sauce and stir until blended

Chill until partially thickened

Add sliced bananas and pecans

Spoon into molds

Chill until firm

Serve on greens

Makes 6 to 9 servings

Cranberry-Banana Mold Salad

1 (3oz) pkg raspberry-flavored gelatin

1 cup boiling water

1 (16oz) can whole cranberry sauce

2 bananas sliced

1/2 cup chopped pecans

Dissolve gelatin in water.

Add cranberry sauce and stir until blended.

Chill until partially thickened.

Add sliced bananas and pecans

Spoon into molds chill until firm

Serve on greens

Makes 6 to 9 servings

Subject: Re: ~~Banana Desserts~~ Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:40 pm

My mother has used this recipe for over 30 years and it's one of the best I've ever had. Hope you like it also.

BANANA NUT BREAD

½ cup cooking oil

1 cup sugar

2 eggs, beaten

3 ripe bananas, mashed

2 cups all purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

½ teaspoon baking powder

½ teaspoon salt

3 tablespoons milk

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

½ cup chopped nuts

Beat oil and sugar together. Add eggs and banana pulp and beat well. Add sifted dry ingredients, milk and vanilla. Mix well and stir in nuts. Pour into greased and floured loaf pans. Bake in preheated moderate oven (350ºF) for about 1 hour. Cool well and store overnight before cutting. Makes 1 loaf. Good with cream cheese for tea sandwiches.

Love & Hugs,

CoffeeQueen7047

Subject: Re: ~~Banana Desserts~~ Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:40 pm

3 Way Banana Bread

1/3 cup shortening

2/3 cup sugar

2 eggs, slightly beaten

1-3/4 cups sifted all purpose flour

2-3/4 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup mashed bananas

Beat shortening until creamy or 2 minutes at medium speed on mixer

Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy after each addition

Add eggs and beat until thick and pale lemon in color

Sift dry ingredients

Add alternately with bananas

Blend thoroughly after each addition

To Bake

Bread

Grease bottom only of 4-1/2x8-1/2 inch loaf.

Spoon batter into pan

Bake in moderate (350) oven for 60 to 70 minutes

Bread is done when center springs back when touched lightly with finger

Let cool 20 minutes in pan before turning onto rack

Makes 1 loaf

Banana Date Bars

To basic batter add 1 cup chopped dates

Spread in greased and floured 15x10x1 inch pan

Bake in moderate (350) oven for 20 minutes

Cool in pan

Cut into 42 bars

Sprinkle sifted confectioner’s sugar (about 3/4 cup) through a lace patterned paper doily and over top of bars or roll in confectioner's sugar

Store in airtight container in a cool area or wrap and freeze

Banana Jam Ring

Into a well greased and floured 6-1/2 cup (9-inch) ring mold spoon a layer of the basic batter.

Over it spoon 1/4 cup strawberry preserves.

Add more batter and 1/4 cup more preserves

Top with remaining batter.

Cut down through batter to marbleize.

Bake in a moderate 350 oven for 35 to 40 minutes

Cool 5 minutes in pan and turn out on rack

Cool

Ice with icing made by mixing 1 cup confectioners sugar with 1 tbsp soft margarine and 1 tsp hot water

Decorate with candied fruit as desired

Subject: Re: ~~Banana Desserts~~ Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:41 pm

Flowerpot Banana Bread

Flowerpot Banana Bread
2 c Flour
1 ts Baking soda
1/2 tps Salt
1/2 c Butter
1 c Sugar
2 Eggs
1 c Ripe bananas; mashed, 2-3
1/3 c Milk
1 tps Lemon juice
1/2 c Walnuts; chopped
Clay flowerpot; new, 6 1/2"

Prepare flowerpot as follows: After washing, grease, line with wax paper, cutting to fit, and grease again. Mix flour, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, cream butter, then add sugar, eggs and bananas, blending thoroughly. Combine milk and lemon juice to banana mixture, alternately add flour and milk mixture, then stir in nuts. Pour mixture into prepared flowerpot and place in removable liner. Place liner in base. Cover with 2 to 3 paper towels. Cover and cook on low 5-6 hours. Do not lift lid - NO PEEKING -until last hour.
NOTE: A 2 lb. coffee can may also be used - but it's not as cute.

Subject: Re: ~~Banana Desserts~~ Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:41 pm

Banana Coffee Cake

1-1/2 cups diced bananas

1/4 cup milk

1 egg

One 14-1/2 oz package cinnamon streusel coffee cake mix

Heat oven to 400

Grease bottom of 8 inch square or 8-9 inch round baking pan

Put bananas into small mixer bowl (1-1/2 qt) and mash with fork or spoon

Add milk, egg and coffee cake mix from pkg

Blend at low speed until all ingredients are moistened

Then beat at medium speed of electric mixer for 2 minutes or 300 strokes with a spoon

Spread half the batter in pan

Sprinkle with half of the topping mix from the pkg

Spread remaining batter and sprinkle with remaining topping mix

Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until top springs back when pressed with fingerMakes 9 to 12 servings

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