Bananas Foster Family Style Using Butterscotch Recipe 455

Steps:

• Mash the ripe bananas; set aside.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt; set aside.
• Combine mashed bananas, sugar, eggs and melted butter. Blend well.
• Alternately blend flour mixture and milk. Stir in nuts (if using) and butterscotch chips, but leaving a little behind to sprinkle on top.
• Pour into greashed 9-1/2-inch loaf pan.
• Sprinkle top with reserved nuts and chips.
• Bake at 350° for 60 minutes (or shorter time for smaller loaves).
• Cool.

Steps:

• In a large, deep skillet over medium heat, melt butter. Stir in sugar, rum, vanilla and cinnamon. When mixture begins to bubble, place bananas and walnuts in pan. Cook until bananas are hot, 1 to 2 minutes. Serve at once over vanilla ice cream.

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a heavy skillet over a medium-high heat. Add the brown sugar. Stir together and cook for a minute or two. Pour in the cream and stir it around to combine. Peel the bananas and slice them on the bias inside the peel. Drop the slices into the pan. Next, add the chopped nuts and stir them into the sauce and add butterscotch syrup. Stir till blended and then stir in the cinnamon at the end. Spoon it over a couple of scoops of vanilla ice cream and enjoy immediately. Spoon bananas Foster over French toast, waffles or crepes. Substitute peaches, pears or cherries for the bananas. Of course, then it probably wouldn't be considered bananas Foster.

Steps:

• Melt butter and sugar in a small frying pan. Add banana pieces and sauté over medium heat until lightly browned, turning pieces once. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Remove pan from heat.
• Add liqueur and rum to pan. To flambé, carefully light sauce with long-reach lighter. Spoon flaming sauce over the banana pieces until flame is extinguished.
• Serve warm banana pieces and sauce over vanilla ice cream.