Delicious World Recipes

Baked Bananas

Baked Bananas

Ingredients

  • 6 bananas just underripe not green not speckled
  • 1 c brown sugar
  • 4 Tbsp butter
  • juice of 1 lemon
  • zest from same lemon
  • 1 c water
  • pinch of salt

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350
  2. In small saucepan combine sugar butter water salt and lemon juice
  3. Bring to a boil cook briefly until syrupy
  4. Add zest
  5. Lightly smear a Pyrex not aluminum baking dish with butter its best to choose a dish you plan to serve it in because transferring baked bananas is a tricky job Split bananas in half lengthwise and place in dish so that they are cut side down and not overlapping
  6. Immediately cover bananas with syrup and pop in oven
  7. Bake for a total of 30 minutes
  8. After 10 minutes baste them with syrup
  9. Repeat 10 minutes later