spiced baked bananas

Name: Spiced Baked Bananas
Cook time: 25 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/3 cup(s) water; 1/2 cup(s) packed dark brown sugar; 5 1/3 tablespoon(s) unsalted butter ( = 1/3 cup ); 2 tablespoon(s) lime juice; - just a pinch of cardamon; - just a pinch of ground cinnamon; 6 - just ripe bananas ( with little bown freckles ); 2 ounce(s) toasted shredded coconut

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Shelia Tucker

Huntsville, AL

Updated on Apr 19, 2012

These Bananas are spiced up with cardamom, cinnamon,and lime juice to give them a zing, a little toasted coconut for the top, they can be eaten as is or good on french toast, pancakes, waffles , pound cake or over vanilla ice cream. this recipe was in the local paper and was from a cookbook called " a taste of Australia " By Victoria Alexander & Genevieve Harris in 1995

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Ingredients

1/3 cup water
1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
5 1/3 tablespoons unsalted butter ( = 1/3 cup )
2 tablespoons lime juice
- just a pinch of cardamon
- just a pinch of ground cinnamon
6 - just ripe bananas ( with little bown freckles )
2 ounces toasted shredded coconut

How To Make spiced baked bananas

Step 1

pre heat oven to 355 - In a saucepan, combine the sugar and water, set over Medium - high heat, stirring untill the sugar is all dissolved, Bring to a boiland cook for a minute or two, untill the liquid thickens and becomes syrupy. Remove from heat, Add the Butter, Lime Juice, pinch of cardamom, pinch of cinnamon, stirring untill butter is all melted - set aside

Step 2

peel the bananas, leave them whole, arrange bananas in a 9 x 13 baking dish in a single layer, then pour the syrup from the pan over them. - Bake for 10 minutes, then carefully turn all the bananas over, and Bake for 5 or 10 more minues, depending on their size and degree of fimness.
Step 3

To serve, transfer the bananas to a plate and cut into slices, if placing on cake, pancakes, waffles or ice cream, put spoonfuls of sliced bananas on food, then take the syrup left in the baking sheet and drizzle over the top of bananas and sprinkle on the toasted coconut. Serve and enjoy !!
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