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Banana's Foster Wonton's Matthew Moyer - Adrian, Michigan
- Ingredients:
- Banana, 1/2
- Banana Liqueur, 2 Tablespoons
- Brown Sugar, 2 Tablespoons
- Cinnamon, 1 Tablespoon
- Egg, 1
- Graham Crackers, Crushed, 2 Tablespoons
- Pecans, Chopped, 1 Tablespoon
- Granulated Sugar, 1 Tablespoon
- Walnuts, Chopped, 1 Tablespoon
- Wonton Wrappers, 8

Method:
1) Finely chop pecans and walnuts. Put into small bowl. Reserve 1 Tablespoon nut for later use.
2) Small dice banana. Place into bowl
3) Add banana liqueur, coating the bananas.
4) Add brown sugar and graham cracker crumbs to bowl.
5) Mix ingredients together.
6) In small bowl beat egg with a whisk.
7) Lay wonton wrappers onto cutting board. Dip pastry brush into egg wash.
8) Brush all four edges with egg.
9) Use small scoop to place filling into the center of each wonton wrapper.
10 )Using candy thermometer to check temperature, heat oil to 300 degrees.
11) Place wontons into oil. Fry until golden brown.
12) Remove wontons from oil. Place onto wire rack with paper towel underneath.
13) Combine granulated sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl.
14) Sprinkle wontons with the cinnamon sugar.

Sweet Caribbean Bananas Jamie Cifrese - Fort Collins, Colorado
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 8 firm ripe bananas
- juice of one lime
- 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- Seeds from 6 cardamoms (crushed)
- 2 tablespoons dark rum

Method:
Mix all dry ingredients in medium sized bowl with fork or whisk. Mix lime juice with rum in a small glass. Then melt butter in medium size skillet over medium heat. While butter is melting peel and cut bananas at an angle. Place in skillet with butter once butter is completely melted. Sprinkle spices over buttery bananas. Flip bananas when golden brown. Add rum/lime mixture over the top of bananas. Once both sides of bananas are golden brown take off skillet and serve.

3 Step Banana Cherry Cream Pie Mamie C. Harris - Memphis, Tennessee
- 12-15 Graham Cracker Cookies
- 2 tablespoon of sugar
- 1/4 cup of butter
- 2 large bananas
- 4 tablespoon of lemon juice
- 1 can of condensed milk
- 1 package of cream cheese
- 3 egg yolks, beaten
- 2 teaspoons of yellow food coloring
- 1 - 12oz. can of cherry pie filling

Method:
Step 1: Combine cookies, sugar, and butter in a food processor. Press onto bottom of a 9 inch spring form pan, and bake for 30 minutes at 325 in an oven. Set aside and let cool. Slice both bananas, and let soak in 2 tablespoons of lemon juice for 35 seconds. This will keep the bananas from turning dark. Next line the slice bananas in a circular pattern in the prepared cookie pie crust.
Step 2: In a mixing bowl combine condensed milk, cream cheese, egg yolks, and remaining lemon juice. Once completely blended add in yellow food coloring to create a rich bright yellow color. This will make your filling look like the color of a banana.
Step 3:Finally pour mixture into cookie pie crust over bananas. Make sure the mixture completely cover all the bananas. Spread cherry filling over the pie. Let set and refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight before serving.

Strawberry Banana Pancakes Makes 5 srvings
- 2 c. baking/biscuit mix
- 1 c. milk
- 1/2 c. strawberries.thawed,drained
- 1/4c. mashed bananas
- 2 eggs

Method:
Beat ingrediants with a wisk or by hand. Pour 1/4c. bater onto a hot,lightly greased skillet or griddle. Cook until edges are dry, flip only once and cook 1 minute.
What I like about this is no need for syrup and no snacking until lunch time.

Banana Nut Smoothie Audra Dee Collins - St. Hobbs, New Mexico
- 2 1/2 cups ice
- 3 cups milk
- 1 medium banana
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons nuts (I use pecans)

Method:
Fill the blender jar with ice and milk, then add the banana, sugar, cinnamon and nuts. Put the top on the blender and liquefy the contents. You may add more ice to thicken or milk to thin.

Curried Chicken and Green Bananas Angela Buchanan - Longmont, Colorado
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 cup chopped white onion
- 3 under-ripe (green) bananas, peeled and sliced
- 1 sweet red pepper, peeled, seeded, and diced
- 2 cups shredded chicken
- 1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
- 1 tablespoon curry powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup coconut milk

Method:
In a wok pan or a 5-quart saucepan, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the onion and cook for 5 minutes, or until it begins to soften. Add the bananas and red pepper and cook for an additional 3-4 minutes. Add the chicken, ginger, curry powder, salt, and coconut milk and cook until the coconut milk has thickened slightly. Serves four. This is good served over cooked rice or quinoa.

"The Big Easy" Butterscotch Bananas Margee Berry - Trout Lake, Washington
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter
- 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 2 teaspoons orange zest
- 1 teaspoon rum extract
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 large firm ripe bananas, peeled and sliced into 1/2 inch rounds
- 1 pint French vanilla ice cream
- 1/2 cup chopped chocolate toffee candy(from Heath bar or Skor bar)

Method:
Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat then whisk in brown sugar and cream. Bring to a slight boil whisking constantly to disslove sugar. Remove from heat whisk in orange zest, nutmeg and cinnamon then stir in the bananas.
To serve scoop out ice cream into 4 bowls then spoon warmed banana mixture over and last sprinkle with chocolate toffee candy

Banana Egg Rolls With Peanut Buiter Sauce Gloria Kathleen Herdman - Pomeroy, Ohio
- 4 ripe bananas (each about 9 inches long)
- 5 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 5 tablespoons melted butter
- 12 egg roll wrappers
- 3/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
- 1/3 cup creamy peanut butter
- 4 tablespoons chopped peanuts

Method: Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
Peel bananas and cut each into 3 equal pieces. (12 pieces) Mix together sugar, cinnamon and ginger in a shallow bowl. Roll banana piece first in sugar mixture, then melted butter and again in sugar mixture.
Place coated banana piece diagonally in center of egg roll wrapper. Fold corner nearest you over coated banana piece. Fold up both sides. Moisten edges of last nap witb water. Roll over until flap is completely wound around. Place banana egg roll on I5x10xl-inch ungreased non-stick baking sheet.
Repeat instructions for remainder. Space equally apart on baking sheet. Bake for 20 minutes. Remove from oven and cool 15 minutes.
While banana egg rolls are cooling, in a small (I quart) heavy saucepan mix togetber sweetened condensed milk and peanut butter. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until smooth, creamy and warm. Do not boil.
To serve: Place 2 banana egg rolls (you may cut each in half diagonally, if desired) on each serving plate. Drizzle equal amount of peanut butter sauce over each serving and sprinkle each serving with 2 teaspoons chopped peanuts. Serves 6

French Banana Bread Sundae Sheena Orames - Bruceville, Indiana
- French Banana Bread Sundae
- Banana Bread:
- 1/2 c. shortening
- 1 c. sugar
- 2 or 3 smashed rotten bananas
- 3 tbsp. sour milk or water
- 1 tsp. soda
- 2 c. flour
- Pinch of salt
- 1 cup pecans (if desired)

Coating for Bread:
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon sweet caramel sprinkle (spice from Pampered Chef!)
- Vanilla Icecream
- Sauce:
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 5 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1/2 cup pecans
- 1/2 banana (cut in slices)
- 1 tablespoon sweet caramel sprinkle
- Decoration:
- 1/2 banana (cut in slices)
- caramel sundae topping
- chocolate syrup
- pecans

Banana Bread:
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Mix together as written. Place mixture in greased loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour, a little longer if you used a lot of rotten bananas. Let cool.
After your bread is cooled get your 2 eggs and scramble, add cinnamon and sweet caramel sprinkle. Dip 1 or 2 slices of your bread in the mixture. Put the bread in a frying pain over medium heat and flip when the bottom side is golden brown. About 3 minutes on each side. While your bread is cooking start your sauce. Get out another frying pan and add your butter and start melting over medium heat. Add your brown sugar and sweet cinnamon sprinkle. Let brown sugar dissolve. Add banana slices and pecans. Then saute mixture for about 3 to 4 minutes.

After your bread and sauce is done you are ready to put your sundae together. On the plate I usually put caramel sundae topping and then put lines of chocolate syrup. Run a toothpick thru your lines of chocolate to make a design.

Then put your bread on the plate. On top of your bread put 2 scoops of vanilla icecream. Put your sauce over the ice cream. Garnish with more caramel sprinkle, pecans, and sliced bananas. Enjoy Sheena Orames - Bruceville, Indiana

Banana Chocolate Chip Bars Monica Taddeo - Lyndhurst, Ohio
3/4 cup butter, softened
2/3 cup sugar
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
2-3 ripe bananas
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup mini chocolate chips

Method:
re-heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 15x10 in. cookie sheet. In a medium bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugars. Add the egg and vanilla and combine well. Add bananas until smooth. Slowly add the dry ingredients blending well. Finally fold in the chocolate chip pieces. Spread batter evenly onto cookie sheet and bake for 25 min. or until top is golden brown. Let cool completly in pan. Cut into bars and enjoy

For different variations, bars can be topped with powdered sugar or frosting.

My mother had given me this recipe when I told her I was sick of always making banana bread with my over-ripe bananas. These bars are so delicious and easy to make, and such a nice "change of pace" from your traditional banana bread recipe. Happy baking!

Delicious Banana Treats Jeanine Martel - East Jordan, Michigan
Rice cracker (or other preferred base)
- 1 teaspoon tahina (ground sesame seeds )
- 1 teaspoon almond butter sliced or mashed bananas

Method:
Pour tahina over cracker to fill the holes. Spread almond butter on cracker. Arrange banana on top.

Goody Paste
- 1/4 Cup Almond Butter
- 1/4 Cup Tahina
- 1/4 Cup Applesauce
- 1/2 t. Ground cinnamon
- 1/4 t. Ground ginger
- Bananas

Method:
Mix all ingredients (except for bananas) any way you wish. Spread on any thing you like. Slice banana on top.
This treat is eaten by us as a TV snack. The Goody Paste is used by all the kids as an alternative to the high sugar Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich. Also: It is low calorie, no sugar, gluten free and all ingredients can be bought organic.)

Sticky Rice Cooked Banana's Shannon Kramer - Renton, Washington
- Can coconut milk
- 1/2 cup sugar

Method:
Heat cocunut milk and 1/2 cup sugar until boiling, then reduce heat and let simmer while you put the desired amount of sliced banana's on top of the rice, pour coconut milk mixture over bananas and eat.

Campfire Banana Boats Heather Watsons - West Jordan, Utah
- 1 bag chocolate chips
- 1 bag mini marshmallows

Method:
Peel the top section of the banana, but leave the peel connected to the banana. Next cut your banana every inch and remove every-other section. Fill the empty spaces with marshmallows and chocolate chips. Put the peel back on the banana and wrap it in one layer of tin foil. Put the wrapped banana in warm ashes from a campfire, and leave it there until the marshmallows and chocolate chips are melted. - Heather Watsons - West Jordan, Utah

Banana Split Pie Desiree Ann Powley - Virginia Beach, Virginia
- 13x9 inch pan
- 4 cups crushed graham crackers
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups of confectioners sugar
- 2 sticks of butter
- 5 banana's, thinly sliced
- 1 15oz. can of crushed pineapple, well drained.
- 1 8oz. container of cool whip
- 1/2 cup crushed nuts
- 1/2 cup chopped marashino cherries

Method:
Mix Graham crackers, melted butter and sugar. Press into 13x9 inch pan. In large bowl, combine eggs, conf. sugar and butter. Beat on high for 5 min. (you will have a custard). Carefully smooth onto graham cracker crust. Next, top with a layer of thinly sliced bananas. Next layer is the well drained pineapple. Top with cool whip, nuts and cherries. Chill for at least 2 hours or overnight. Enjoy!

Banana Fritters Josie - Austrailia
- 2 cups of self raising flour
- ½ teaspoon of bicarbonate soda
- 1 ½ cups of water
- 4 bananas
- Flour
- Oil for deep frying
- Cinnamon sugar

Method:
1. Sift flour and bi-carb into a bowl, add water and mix until smooth
2. peel bananas and cut into to three or two pieces, roll lightly in flour
3. drop banana pieces in batter
4. drain excess batter then deep fry till golden brown
5. roll in cinnamon sugar then serve with ice cream.

Curried Green Bananas Meera Ramdeen-Boodoo - Trinidad
- Hand of Green Bananas (about 10 or so)
- 1 Small Onion - Chopped (Medium or small)
- 2 Pimento Peppers - Sliced
- 2 Garlic Cloves – chopped small
- 2 Teaspoon Curry Powder
- 1 Small tomato - quartered
- 2 Teaspoon salt (or to taste)
- Piece of hot pepper (optional)
- Vegetable cooking oil
- 2 Cups of water

Method:
Put some oil on your hands first. Then peel the green bananas. Slice then into discs / rings.
Put about 2 pot spoons of oil into pot (preferably cast iron or similar type) on low heat. Mix curry powder with ¼ cup of water to form paste.
When oil has warmed up (test by putting in one piece of onion – when it gets burnt quickly the oil is good – take out burnt onion) pour in curry paste and let it cook for about two minutes in oil. Stir around gently. Put in sliced green bananas and stir to get curry onto slices. Add Onions, Garlic, Pimento and Pepper (if using). Mix and continue frying for about three minutes to release flavors. Sprinkle salt over mixture. Mix. At this stage you should have a curry mixture. Add the water and cover the pot. Allow the dish to come to a slow boil on low heat. Ideally you should get the curried green bananas soft, cooked and with a curried sauce. When it is soft and has some sauce turn it off. Serve with White Rice or Indian Breads.

You could add more water only if you think the bananas are not cooked. It will be cooked but firm.
You could add other herbs like cilantro and green seasonings.

In the Caribbean, we use pepper for flavoring and since it is a vegetarian dish many says it tastes like curried shrimp. Enjoy!

My Momma's Simply Wonderful Banana Nut Bread Recipe Corinne Lawson - Jacksonville, Florida
- 2 Eggs
- 1/2 Cup Soft Butter (butter at room temp)
- 1 Cup Sugar
- 1 Teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 Cup Flour
- 1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1 Cup brown mashed bananas
- 1/2 Cup Sour Cream
- 1/2 to 1 Cup Chopped Nuts (optional)

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Beat together butter and sugar, then add eggs one at a time. Add vanilla. Beat until light and fluffy. Mix in flour, baking soda. Add mashed bananas, sour cream and nuts. Pour into a greased loaf pan. Bake for 45 mins to 1 hour, or until done. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Then take out of pan and cool on wire rack.

Don't throw those rotten bananas away!! The best bananas for banana nut bread are when they are almost black. Dark brown/black bananas are really sweet, and they help keep the bread nice and moist. Also a good brand of vanilla extract is essential. Using a top quality vanilla extract makes a world of difference when baking. I use Rodelle. It was around eight dollars a bottle for 8 oz. but well worth the price.

This was my mom's recipe. I make this all the time. My family loves banana bread. A loaf of this bread doesn't last long at my house. My five year old son, Daniel, always leaves the last two bananas, and then hounds me to make him some bread when they are ripe. ENJOY!

Jen's Homemade Banana Pudding
8 medium sized bananas ( sliced)
8 eggs
2 Tbsp of Banana Flavoring
2 Tbsp of Baking soda
5 cups of milk
3 to 4 cups of sugar
Vanilla wafers

Mix all the ingredients up except for the Vanilla wafers very well, .. when all mixed well put in a large pan and put on medium heat on stove and constantly stir it. once it gets to the thickness desired, take off of heat. In a large bowl put vanilla wafers down and then put the banana pudding over the cookies.. Repeat until done. Let sit in refridgerator over night for best results. Have a great day - Jen

Banana Berry Smoothie Veronica Phillips - South Carolina
- 1 medium banana,
- 1 cup of pineapple juice,
- 1/2 cup of frozen blueberries
- 1/2 cup of frozen sliced strawberries
- 1 scoop of whey protein
- 6 fresh red grapes.
Mix in blender, pour in glass with a straw….enjoy!

Nutri-Delicious Fruit Salad Bananza! Melissa Bonta - Reno, Nevada
Ingredients:
- 1 banana, diced
- 1 apple, diced
- 1 cup fresh pineapple, diced
- 1/2 cup shredded coconut
- 1/2 cup maraschino cherries
- 1/2 cup walnuts, diced
- 1 cup (8 oz) strawberry-banana flavored yogurt
Mix all fruit in bowl. Gently fold in nuts and yogurt. Enjoy!

BBQ Banana's Simon Lewis- St.Albans - United Kingdon
-Ingredients
- Bananas
- Cointreau
- Chocolate powder
- Sugar
- Whipped cream or ice-cream to finish

Instructions
Leave banana in its skin.
Lay banana down and slice along the top about half way through using a finger to create a space.
Add some chocolate powder and sugar into the banana and then pour in a capful of Cointreau.
Place on BBQ until the bottoms of the skins are blackened and the banana is bubbling nicely.
Remove and top with whipped cream or ice cream to taste.
Use a small spoon and eat straight from the skin. Simon Lewis- St.Albans - United Kingdon

Frozen Banana Dessert aka Banana Ice Cream Mary Lee Ciminiello - Mahwah, New Jersey
Ingredients: Bananas and Milk

The key to this recipe is selecting the perfect bananas. Don't use bananas before they make a few brown spots. The second day of brown spots is when the bananas are best for this use. Do not use beyond third of fourth day of brown spots.
Cut the bananas into one inch pieces and place on a cookie sheet about one inch apart. Put the cookie sheet into the freezer until frozen.
Please the frozen banana pieces into the blender with an ounce or so of milk. Do not add too much milk. You are not making a smoothie. Blend until soft ice cream consistency. Enjoy!!
If you over blend, put the mixture into the freezer to firm up.