New Food/Dessert #7

This past weekend we went shopping in the morning and while we were out the boys got very excited to see Bananas. This triggered a memory... you know those ones you have once you have looked at something before? Well I knew we were going to something fun with them. We got home and I checked my cookbook and yep! There it was. We were going to make "Maple Glazed Bananas"

Enjoy the photos along with directions (I'll write it all out on the bottom)


Our special treat


Kyler and I chose to start cooking our dessert! We measured out 1/4 cup of butter and put it into the pot.


I put the butter on the oven shortly after on low.


My proud Jr Cook!


Getting the Brown Sugar ready


Brown Sugar into the bowl after measured out


Mixing it in


We measured out another 1/4 cup of maple sauce


K the incredible mixer


Mixing in the lemon juice


Fresh squeezed Lemon Juice


It's now ready to be added to the butter that is melted on the stove.


Nana and the boys checking out what goes next


Say "Bananas!"


This one requires Ice cream so we gave the container to the boys and let them at it!


They did great scooping it out.


Oh no! It's gone!


Pealing the bananas, or at least the stickers :)


The butter and mixture all mixed and boiling


The boys testing every ones bowls of ice cream while we waited for another container.


Ice Cream soup!


Ice cream soup mixed with some of our special dessert


Mixing the bananas in


ready to go!


Our Yummy Dessert!


Maple Glazed Bananas
Start to Finish: 15 minutes
**Choose Bananas that are ripe but still firm. Overripe bananas will become mushy during cooking.**

1/4 cup of butter
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup pure maple syrup or maple-flavor syrup
1 Tablespoon of lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3 firm, ripe bananas, halved lengthwise and cut into 1 inch pieces
1 pint vanilla ice cream

1 - In a skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Stir in brown sugar, syrup, lemon juice, and cinnamon. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered for 2 minutes. Add bananas; stir gently to coat with syrup mixture. Cook and stir 1 to 2 minutes or until heated through. Remove from heat. Serve over ice cream. Makes 4 servings.

Per Serving: 471 cal
24 g fat (15g sat fat)
99 mg chol,
135 mg sodium,
64 g carbo,
2 g fiber,
4 g pro.

It was really good. But I have to admit... I forgot the "heat through" part. It was a shock of hot and cold with the ice cream!