Classic Bananas Foster: Made in minutes with just a few ingredients! Sweet bananas bathed in warm brown sugar sauce & flambeed for an amazing presentation!
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup light brown sugar*
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 4 bananas
- 1/4 cup dark rum (optional)
- vanilla ice cream
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Place the butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt in a large skillet over low heat.
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Whisk together while cooking, until the butter has melted and the sauce is smooth (about 3 to 5 minutes).
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Peel, split, and quarter the bananas, and add them to the warm sauce.
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Gently fold the bananas into the sauce, allowing them to cook until softened (about 2 to 3 minutes).
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Remove the skillet from the heat, add the rum (if using), and light it on fire with a wand lighter (the flame may be difficult to see but you will probably be able to hear it).
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When the flames subside (after a minute or two), spoon the warm bananas and sauce over vanilla ice cream.
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Serve immediately.
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*The same amount of dark brown sugar can be substituted.
**For a quick & easy homemade vanilla ice cream recipe, click here: No-Churn Ice Cream. For a traditional, slow churned vanilla ice cream recipe, click here: Vanilla Ice Cream.
Recipe barely adapted from Brennan's.