Thursday, May 17, 2007

Beyond Banana Bread--two new uses for those horrible black bananas you have sitting in the freezer

Banana Pancakes

1 cup flour
1 tablespoon sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons vegetable oil or melted butter
2 over-ripe bananas, mashed thoroughly

In a bowl, mix together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, beat together the egg, milk, oil or butter, vanilla and the mashed bananas. Stir the two mixtures together, and cook in a buttered pan like regular pancakes.

**Delicious also with some nuts and cinnamon sprinkled in**

**Extra-tasty with blueberry or boysenberry syrup**



No Ice-Cream Maker Necessary Banana Ice Cream

4 over-ripe bananas, mashed thoroughly
1 14-ounce can of sweetened condensed milk
3/4 cup of whipping cream or milk
1 teaspoon vanilla

Mix up all ingredients in a bowl with a hand mixer until smooth. Pour into an 8 x 8 inch baking dish. Cover with a lid or plastic wrap and put in the freezer until softly set; about 2 hours. Stir occasionally during this time. Transfer to a large bowl and beat with a hand mixer until nice and fluffy. Put into a covered container, and keep frozen for up to three days.

3 comments:

Jenn said...

This made me laugh! HORRIBLE bananas.....because I know what you mean. hehe

They are SOOO good though when cleverly used. Thanks for the recipes!

Jenn ;-)

Renee said...

Oh my gosh that bannana no ice cream recipe sounds delicous I am so going to have to try that. Thanks for sharing

Kim said...

I love the title of this post lol

I have tons of those horrible black bananas in my freezer, I'll try your pancakes this weekend :)