Matt and I buy a lot of bananas. It's a good serving of fruit, makes a tidy snack and is dependably delicious. Matt likes to eat one (drowning the vitamins in Peanut Butter) before a ride, so we've been optimistically buying a dozen bananas at the start of every week. And because I am super picky about when bananas are too ripe to eat, we've been perfecting the art of things to do with a spare old banana. I know, banana bread is a classic, but I felt the need to innovate.
After we tried the cook's illustrated Banana Bread recipe (6 bananas in 1 loaf!), with its caramel-y banana slices on top, I did find a recipe for banana candy (Doce do Banana). It took ages, but was pretty fantastic. I've still got a bunch which we've been spreading on waffles, and eating with sorbet.
And speaking of waffles, I got a yen to make waffles this morning while Matt tried to sleep off the rest of his cough. At the fantastic waffle place where I used to go to write, they will throw banana slices into your waffles, so I thought I'd try it with a tired looking one. This was an awesome idea. The sugars caramelized, and the banana got all soft- perfect! If only we'd had nutella on hand.
Matt is mostly better- sleeping through the night, and more manageable congestion and cough. Probably this was the healing power of waffles.
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The only way to eat bananas is if they are drowned in peanut butter.... or whipped cream for that matter.
And, banana cookies are always SUPER good.
Banana cookies? How do you make banana cookies??
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