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Cooked Banana Snacks

Enjoy sweet, creamy or crispy recipes with bananas as the main ingredient. This healthy, sweet fruit makes a great snack for breakfast, lunch and dessert. Cook bananas in a frying pan or bake them into your favorite cakes and other goodies. Experiment with mashed, chopped or whole bananas, depending on the type of snack you're looking for.

  1. Breakfast Ideas

    • Make creamy, warm banana pudding to eat alone or combine this treat with oatmeal. To make banana pudding, simply mash up two or more bananas and mix well. Add 2 or more Tbsp. of water to the banana mixture and warm the bananas in a skillet for five or more minutes, while you continually mix until you have a pudding consistency. Add brown sugar, cinnamon, raspberries and blueberries to the top of the pudding once it's cooled. If you like breakfast burritos, try wrapping a tortilla around a peeled banana sprinkled with sugar, honey and cinnamon. Bake this in the oven for five to ten minutes or until golden brown.

    Banana Muffins, Breads and Cakes

    • Bake banana cakes, muffins, breads and other baked snacks. Prepare yummy chocolate chip banana muffins by mixing 1 cup of mashed bananas with 2/3 cup of sugar, 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder, 1/4 tsp. salt, 1 large egg, 1/2 cup of unsalted, melted butter, 1/4 cup milk and 3/4 cup of semisweet chocolate chips. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 30 minutes or until golden brown. Choose ripe bananas to create the sweetest taste. Prepare a cake with bananas as one of the main ingredients and slather it with banana cream frosting and fresh banana slices on top.

    Fried Banana Ideas

    • Make fried banana chips or whole fried banana fritters to enjoy as an afternoon snack. To make fritters, mix 1 cup of all-purpose flour, 2 Tbsp. sugar, a pinch of salt, 1 large egg, 1/4 tsp. of vanilla extract and 3/4 cup of water in a bowl. Cut two or more bananas in half and coat with olive oil. Roll each banana piece in the fritter mixture. Sprinkle additional brown sugar, regular sugar or ground cinnamon on top, if you like. Fry the fritters in a skillet in 1 1/2 inches olive oil until they are warm and crispy, but still gooey in the center. You can also cut the banana into slices and use the same ingredients to make fried flavored banana chips. Plain banana chips are made by just frying the slices in oil only.

    Other Ideas

    • Mash and cook bananas to make a sweet sauce to pour on brownies, cakes and other desserts. Add a whole fried or baked banana to vanilla ice cream to make a cooked banana split. Grilled bananas also make satisfying snacks for barbecues and other events. Slather whole peeled bananas in olive oil and cook on the grill for a few minutes.

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