I’ve done deep fried bananas a lot of different ways! This is our favorite. These really are terrific, when your feeling like giving yourself a little treat, you should try it out. We prefer to use the baby bananas cause they are so sweet and well just delicious. And you can’t beat that nice yellow color right?! Large Bananas work fine though. You really need a silicone mold for this. I just love this Epicure silicone mold, I use it for a variety of things. These are great with just the banana in them. But we like to do a couple different flavors. Smooched Bananas I did 15 small put into my 1 1/2TBSP serving silicone mold.
I then topped all with some nutella. Banana and chocolate goes so well together. Took a wooden kebab stick and mixed it all in.
Then here comes our yummy fillings. I picked chocolate chips, coconut & crushed walnuts. Just a little bit on top mix that in too with wooden stick. Now this has to go in freezer and get frozen! Well that freezes you can work on your batter.
1 1/2CUPS all purpose flour 1TSP baking powder 1/4TSP baking soda 1/4TSP salt 3/4CUP water or more Combine 1CUP of flour, baking powder, soda & salt in a bowl. Gradually blend in water til smooth.Should be pretty thick. Little thicker then pancake mix.
I find the the bananas thaw fast so I only take a few out at a time. Take out of silicone. With remainder of flour give them all a roll through flour, lightly shake off excess flour, dunk in batter. I use a fork for this, to remove from batter and place in 375F oil deep fry 3-5 minutes. Flipping til sides are all golden brown. Lay out on paper towel to remove excess oil.
You could roll these in a cinnamon sugar, or sprinkle them with icing sugar or have ice cream with them. We like them just how they are!
Had some batter left so did some whole baby bananas, rolled these in some cinnamon/sugar after fried. Let us know what you think.
We bought this silicone pan second hand. I love it. We use it for a variety of things. You can find it here
Aka Strawberry Jam & Biscuits 2CUPS all purpose flour 1TBSP baking powder 1TBSP granulated sugar 1TSP salt 6TBSP butter or margarine, cold 3/4 cup whole milk is best but any works 3/4CUP Strawberry jamPreheat oven to 425F and spray muffin pan. This can be done on just a regular cookie pan which is what I used to use before I had this dish! Either pans work Set aside. Combine flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt in a bowl and mix well. Set aside.I cut the cold butter/margarine up in cubes and mix in until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add milk, stir until combined (shouldn’t over work the dough)
I like to take the dough and divide it all up roughly into 24 balls/pieces I smooch 1 piece of dough all around pan making a little well in the middle. Using a muffin pan it will resemble more of a tart look at the bottom of pan. I put 1- 1 1/2TBSP of Strawberry jam in each pillow. Then cover each pillow with remaining of dough smooching down all around the edges to slightly bring the two doughs together.
Bake at 425F for about 12 minutes or until tops are beginning to brown.
I remove from pan right away. You can also brush these with butter when they come out but we find its not needed.Love this pan! We use it so much!
2 1/4CUPS all purpose flour 1CUP granulated sugar 1/2TSP kosher salt 1CUP butter or margarine, room temperature 1 egg 1/2TSP vanilla extract 1/3CUP each strawberry & raspberry jam mixed togetherPreheat oven to 350°F. Coat a 9×9 pan with nonstick spray. Set aside. I was making it extra special for Tim today hehe so I molded the dough into a heart shape on my cast iron pizza pan. In a large bowl mix together flour, sugar, and salt. Add in the egg, butter, and vanilla combine, I use my hands until the dough comes together.
Divide the dough in half and press one half into the bottom of the prepared pan. Spread the raspberry strawberry jam on top.
You can crumble the remaining dough onto of the jam or use small cookie cutters and make shapes with the dough like I did. I love cooking with my cast iron pans!
Bake for 40 minutes until lightly browned. Allow to cool completely
I wanted to make sure the heart stayed in its shape. So I put foil all around it when it cooked. I don’t think it was needed though.
Once cooked they should be able to be taken out of pan quite easily. Made it extra special for my hubby and made a T (for his name Tim haha), he loved it! Great recipe.Love our cornbread pan!Love this cast iron pizza pan! It’s a beast and it gets used for a ton of things!
I use a double broiler to melt the chocolate but you can do this in your microwave. This is a big batch. 3 foot long. We always make this around Christmas time, its always a huge hit. 1CUP milk chocolate plus TSP vegetable oil 1CUP white chocolate plus TSP vegetable oil 1-1 1/2CUPS crushed candy canes Parchment Paper Melt Milk Chocolate with the oil over double broiler or in microwave, once melted. stir well. I pour this out on a long piece of parchment on my island. I use back of spoon to smear it all out. I also tape the corners of my parchment paper down to my island makes it easier to smear. Doesn’t have to be perfect, as white chocolate is going down next. Let cool and set, now melt the white chocolate and oil, mix well. Smear that over top the milk chocolate. Top white chocolate with crushed candy canes. Let sit, cool, once hardened break into pieces. Some like thicker bark, however we prefer it thinner.
