Banana recipes?

19 years ago

All this talk about bananas and the fact that I have the ripening faster then my dogs and I can eat them makes me want to cook something banana. I am about to make these healthy muffins (see the link or listed below). I made them before and they are good! My philosophy on food is that it should be very good for me or - if it is not - then it should taste extraordinary! So this recipe falls in the former categaory (and happens to taste darn good as well).

Anyone else have favorite things to do with bananas? Especially the sinfully good kinds?

BTW my dogs LOVE bananas and try to jump up the banana plant to get them and love it when they discover overripe ones falling off before I do! But they forget to hide the fact they are snacking so they do not get many that way.

Anita

INGREDIENTS

3/4 cup all-purpose flour

3/4 cup whole wheat flour

3/4 cup white sugar

1/4 cup oat bran

1/4 cup quick cooking oats

1/4 cup wheat germ

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 cup blueberries

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

1 banana, mashed

1 cup buttermilk

1 egg

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 12 cup muffin pan, or line with paper muffin cups.

In a large bowl, stir together the all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, sugar, oat bran, quick-cooking oats, wheat germ, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Gently stir in the blueberries and walnuts. In a separate bowl, mix together the mashed banana, buttermilk, egg, oil and vanilla. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry, and mix just until blended. Spoon into muffin cups, filling all the way to the top.

Bake for 15 to 18 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the tops of the muffins spring back when lightly touched.

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Comments (16)

countrynest
19 years ago
Banana Pudding
Banana split
banana milkshake
banana daiquiri
banana bread
Oh how good they all are.

Felix
mboston_gw
19 years ago
Banana Foster!

I think I have a reciepe for Banana Foster Cake somewhere, too.
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anitaathome
Original Author
19 years ago
If you could dig up a bananas foster cake recipe I would love that!!

Yum yum. Speaking of which - I just finished half a giant banana / blueberry muffin just out of the oven (DH got the other half!) Makes me realize I should bake more often...
mboston_gw
19 years ago
Instead of typing it out, you can find it by googling Bananas Foster upside-down Coffee Cake- Southern Living and you will come up a site for "my recipe.com. It is the same one. Really good. There is also one for John's Bananas Foster that we loved too. All were in the Sept. 06 issue of Southern Living.
scents_from_heaven
19 years ago
Banana Foster Bread Pudding and Banana Walnut Whole Wheat Pancakes
babalu_aye
19 years ago
I've just returned from vacation in Spain and Portugal. One night in Lisbon we went to a Brazilian Churrascaria where for a side dish they served a fried banana (definitely a banana, not a plantain) that was breaded in cornmeal or maybe breadcrumbs. It was very yummy alongside all the savory roasted meats. Here is a recipe I found online though I haven't tried it: Banana Frita (Fried Bananas).
anitaathome
Original Author
19 years ago
Thanks mboston. I will do that. I used to be a cookbook junkie pre internet and now mostly hunt recipes on the net but the problem is that, despite so-called peer review - you sometime don't know what you are getting. So a reference is always welcome!

Anita
cindeea
19 years ago
Anita-tomorrow I will post my tried and true Banana Bread recipe. It is from my Mother's old cookbook published by Fannie Mae Farmer in 1947 before she became famous. It is very basic, and it is a denser type of banana bread that is very very good. I top it with Cream Cheese frosting! It freezes very well, too. I will go dig out the recipe in the morning for you!
regine_Z 10 Fl gw
19 years ago
I have a recipe for Banana Jam which is very good. There are several recipes available on the net if you type in "banana jam" in the search web.
cindeea
19 years ago
Boston Cooking School Cook Book-Fannie Merritt Farmer
BANANA BREAD
3 Ripe bananas
3/4 Cup Sugar
2 Eggs
2 Cups Flour
1 Teaspoon Salt
1 Teaspoon Soda
Nutmeats (optional)

Crush bananas with silver fork. Add eggs-lightly beaten, sugar, and flour sifted with salt and soda. Add nuts if desired 1/2 Cup (+/-)
Bake 1 hour in a moderately slow oven (325 degrees) Makes one loaf 5X9 pan.

The last batch I made I used 10 Ice Cream Bananas I had in the freezer. A guy Dennis works with brought him a bunch. We ate 1/2 of the them and the rest I put in the freezer in their skin, in a plastic bag. 2 months later I took them out. Skins were brown but the fruit was still firm and sweet. I let them set a day at room temp after peeling them. My recipe for the 10 bananas yielded 2 large loaves and 2 small. Here's how I reconfigured the recipe.

10 Ripe bananas
2 1/4 Cup Sugar
5 Eggs
5 Cups Flour
2.5 Teaspoon Salt
2.5 Teaspoon Soda
1 1/2 Cup Crushed Pecans

The bread is delicious and freezes well. I top each loaf with Cream Cheese frosting. YUM-O
anitaathome
Original Author
19 years ago
Yum yum!

I will try the banana bread too. And banana jam - I never thought of that!!!

Anita
barbcoleus
19 years ago
How about dehydrated banana slices for a trail mix.
Barb
carolb_w_fl_coastal_9/10
19 years ago
Oh hey - late to this , but I did not see mention of smoothies....

When I have a glut of very ripe bananas, I simply break 'em into ice cube-sized chunks & store in the freezer.They make wonderful smoothies, mixed w/ fruit juices &/or milks.
1 of my faves is chocolate 'Silk' soy milk - no extra sweetening needed, when bananas are extra ripe = )

& if they start to darken in the freezer over time, I simply thaw & use 'em in banana breads/muffins.

HTH
springtime_fl
19 years ago
scents from heaven - I would LOVE to have your recipe for Banana Walnut Whole Wheat Pancakes. I have been making Banana Pancakes with regular white flour and freezing them for later. But I want to eat healthier and use less white flour. Thanks.

Gabriele
cindeea
19 years ago
springtime and Linda. I want both of your banana pancake recipes, please.
springtime_fl
19 years ago
Cindeea, here is the recipe for the banana pancakes. It is just the basic pancake recipe from my old Betty Crocker cookbook that I added bananas to.

1 egg
1 cup flour
3/4 cup milk (I find I need extra milk)
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tbsp sugar
3 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 medium banana (cut up and mashed by hand or blender)
(I use 2-3 smaller bananas from my Namwa banana)

Beat egg with beater untill fluffy; beat in remaining ingredients just untill smooth. For thinner pancakes, stir in additional milk.

I make a triple batch when a bunch of bananas are ripe and freeze the extra. I make about 5" size ones and freeze 4 together in a ziploc bag with wax paper between them. It works great for a quick breakfast.

Gabriele