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The brown banana discussion prompted this one.
Care to share any used you know of for over-ripe bananas? We know of banana bread, we know of smoothies, any others?
 
We use them in our muffins. Our first course at breakfast is always a fresh, warm, made-from-scratch fruit muffin. Any fruit that gets too ripe for our fruit cups goes into the freezer to be used in muffins.
 
One morning for my hubby and I ( I was testing) I made like a banana foster and put it over greek vanilla yogurt. OMG fantastic!!!
 
Newbatgirl said:
Peel, cut into chunks, freeze. Use for smoothies and/or milkshakes..
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Stick a fork into one of those frozen chunks (after peeling of course) and dip in chocolate. Chocolate bananas - a treat from my youth! You can roll in crushed nuts after dipping in chocolate if you wish.
 
I freeze them and then use them in this recipe as needed. Freezing does not damage the bananas for this recipe...and then I freeze the muffins, defrost as many as I need overnight and reheat 30 seconds to 1 minute or so in microwave. Perfect!
Banana Muffins (the best ever...and so easy)
Ingredients
• 3 large Bananas
• 3/4 cup Sugar
• 1 large Egg
• 1 teaspoon Baking soda
• 1 teaspoon Baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon Salt
• 1 1/2 cup All purpose flour
• 1/3 cup Melted butter
Preheat oven to 375F
Mash bananas. Add sugar and slightly beaten egg and mix well. Add the melt butter. Make a well in the middle and add the dry ingredients. Bake for 20 min.
NOTE: This recipe comes from the book “Muffin Mania” which has the best recipes for muffins I have ever tasted.
 
elkems said:
I freeze them and then use them in this recipe as needed. Freezing does not damage the bananas for this recipe...and then I freeze the muffins, defrost as many as I need overnight and reheat 30 seconds to 1 minute or so in microwave. Perfect!
Banana Muffins (the best ever...and so easy)
Ingredients
• 3 large Bananas
• 3/4 cup Sugar
• 1 large Egg
• 1 teaspoon Baking soda
• 1 teaspoon Baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon Salt
• 1 1/2 cup All purpose flour
• 1/3 cup Melted butter
Preheat oven to 375F
Mash bananas. Add sugar and slightly beaten egg and mix well. Add the melt butter. Make a well in the middle and add the dry ingredients. Bake for 20 min.
NOTE: This recipe comes from the book “Muffin Mania” which has the best recipes for muffins I have ever tasted..
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You should actually bake your muffins from cold. It makes them rise more. With bananas, slightly increase the baking soda in the recipe to compensate for their acidity.
 
elkems said:
I freeze them and then use them in this recipe as needed. Freezing does not damage the bananas for this recipe...and then I freeze the muffins, defrost as many as I need overnight and reheat 30 seconds to 1 minute or so in microwave. Perfect!
Banana Muffins (the best ever...and so easy)
Ingredients
• 3 large Bananas
• 3/4 cup Sugar
• 1 large Egg
• 1 teaspoon Baking soda
• 1 teaspoon Baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon Salt
• 1 1/2 cup All purpose flour
• 1/3 cup Melted butter
Preheat oven to 375F
Mash bananas. Add sugar and slightly beaten egg and mix well. Add the melt butter. Make a well in the middle and add the dry ingredients. Bake for 20 min.
NOTE: This recipe comes from the book “Muffin Mania” which has the best recipes for muffins I have ever tasted..
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I put my extra batter into the muffin cups and freeze them unbaked. So, every morning all I do is put however many I need in the oven and they're freshly baked, warm and yummy every day. I put them in frozen at the same temperature and it just takes maybe 5 minutes longer. They don't rise as much as the raw batter, but they're just as good. It's a great way to save time in the morning and if I have multiple different flavors in the freezer at one time I can be sure the guest gets a different flavor every day.
 
I guess not many read the thread starter, we know of smoothies, shakes, banana bread and muffins, any other uses?
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The San Diego zoo was famous for its frozen bananas. I know of what you speak Kathleen, they are terrific!
 
Stuffed french toast
Banana Oatmeal Nugget Cookies (yum!)
Banana waffles
 
Mini banana tart:
Melt 2 teaspoons of butter with 2 Tablespoons of brown sugar and a pinch of cinnamon (or ginger or cardamom) over med-high heat for 2-3 minutes. Slice a banana up into the pan and cook for another 3 minutes. Optional: sprinkle in a teaspoon of rum, brandy, scotch OR 1/4 teaspoon vanilla or orange extract.
Butter a ramekin well and put in banana-caramel mix. Top with a round of puff pastry or pie dough. Bake at 400 for about 25 minutes until pastry is puffed and cooked. Let cool a few minutes, then run a knife around the edge of the ramekin and flip upside down onto serving plate.
Top with ice cream (dessert) or greek yogurt (breakfast).
 
K9 said:
elkems said:
I freeze them and then use them in this recipe as needed. Freezing does not damage the bananas for this recipe...and then I freeze the muffins, defrost as many as I need overnight and reheat 30 seconds to 1 minute or so in microwave. Perfect!
Banana Muffins (the best ever...and so easy)
Ingredients
• 3 large Bananas
• 3/4 cup Sugar
• 1 large Egg
• 1 teaspoon Baking soda
• 1 teaspoon Baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon Salt
• 1 1/2 cup All purpose flour
• 1/3 cup Melted butter
Preheat oven to 375F
Mash bananas. Add sugar and slightly beaten egg and mix well. Add the melt butter. Make a well in the middle and add the dry ingredients. Bake for 20 min.
NOTE: This recipe comes from the book “Muffin Mania” which has the best recipes for muffins I have ever tasted..
Click to expand...
I put my extra batter into the muffin cups and freeze them unbaked. So, every morning all I do is put however many I need in the oven and they're freshly baked, warm and yummy every day. I put them in frozen at the same temperature and it just takes maybe 5 minutes longer. They don't rise as much as the raw batter, but they're just as good. It's a great way to save time in the morning and if I have multiple different flavors in the freezer at one time I can be sure the guest gets a different flavor every day.
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Leave the overnight in the fridge and you will get better rise.
 

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