What's your favorite baked item using up bananas? recipe please?

[KristineIN]

I have some bananas that need to be used up. Any good recipes?

Thanks,
Kristine

[RoughCollie]

Down South, everybody but me loved banana pudding (recipe on the Nilla Wafers box).

I like raw bananas only. I go to www.allrecipes.com for recipes using overripe bananas.

I make banana muffins or banana bread using the recipe in my Betty Crocker cookbook, and the kids love both of them.

If you want me to copy the recipes here, I will. Just ask. I don't want to do all that typing if you aren't interested. It's no bother if you are interested, because I type around 100 words per minute.

RC

[Musical Belle]

If your bananas aren't overripe, you might make Bananas Foster! This is my hubby's absolute favorite dessert. I'll post the recipe here if you like (it's simple).

Have fun going bananas!

[OnTheBrink]

I LOVE banana pudding.

I have a really good recipe for banana bread from Cooks Illustrated's Very Best Recipe book. The bread is moist and soft. Let me know if you want it and I'll type it up for you.

[PariSarah]

I've just been frying them up in butter and calling it a side dish.

You could maybe sprinkle a little curry powder or something over them.

I put them in bread pudding, oatmeal, pancakes.

Then there's always banana smoothies. Or banana peanut butter smoothies. (Yum!)

[Mom2legomaniacs]

If not too far gone, peel them, wrap in glad wrap, and put in freezer bags. Makes for a great snack later or for use in smoothies.

Also, banana oatmeal cookies are lovely. There are lots of recipes if you google.

[PrairieAir]

It's not exactly a baked item, but mine would be banana pancakes. They're better than banana bread, IMO, and much faster.

Dry Pancake Mix:
2 cups white flour
2 cups wheat flour
3 t baking powder
2 t baking soda
1 t salt
Sift together.

Mix two cups dry mix with 2 cups of milk (may substitute buttermilk, slightly soured milk, or substitute plain or vanilla yogurt or sour cream for half of milk), and 4 eggs. Sprinkle in a little wheat germ, nutritional yeast flakes, and/or ground or whole flax seeds if you like. Mash 2-4 very ripe bananas with a fork and add to the mix. Fry on griddle, turning when bubbles form on the top of the pancake. My kids like it when I add chocolate chips, but that's a little much for me. These are great with or without syrup.

[PrairieAir]

Oh, and I don't even like bananas, but I love these pancakes:)

[BritAnnia]

I use up overripe bananas by baking them into brownies.
I use less sugar and less butter/oil (whichever your recipe calls for), and add about 1 to 1.5 cups of mashed banana. My kids love 'em!

[Dayle in Guatemala]

Paula Dean's Banana Cake recipe. NOT even remotely low fat, but, so darn good I can't even describe it!!!!

Here's the link:

:thumbup1: (http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_27331,00.html)

[Dayle in Guatemala]

I hope.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_27331,00.html

[Dayle in Guatemala]

Google "Paula Dean's Banana Cake" and you will get the recipe, I promise!

[Lorna]

Baked banana!
Seriously though.
Slice the bananas in half and then stick in pieces of chocolate. Wrap in foil and bake in a hot oven for fifteen minutes. Serve with cream.

[melissel]

This is my favorite. I make it as bread or muffins. We love banana pancakes too.

Banana Bread

Ingredients
½ cup plus 1 T maple syrup
1½ cups mashed banana (about 3 large)
2 eggs
2/3 cup oil
2 cups flour of your choice
1 1/4 teasp baking soda
2 teasp vanilla
½ teasp baking powder
½ teasp salt
½ cup mini chocolate chips (optional, but I always use them *slurp*)


Method
Preheat oven to 325.
Combine sugar, banana, eggs and oil. Add flour, baking soda, vanilla, baking powder and salt. Stir in nuts/chocolate chips until combined. Use some of the batter to make a few muffins and pour the rest into a greased loaf pan. Bake 60-70 minutes at 325, or until toothpick comes out clean. (Bake muffins for about 1/2 hour.)

[lynn]

You can actually use bananas' to replace eggs. I just tried this with brownies and yum. They really came out great other than that banana bread/muffins would go great here. no specific recipe I just google until I find something that looks intriguing.