What to do with overripe bananas?

[leahjade]

Getting sick of banana bread and hate to throw them away every week - recipes please!

 

[mrsbornkuntry]

I freeze them to use later, we usually end up putting them in smoothies.

 

[MickeyP]

My neighbor makes something called Monkey Bars, but I don't have the recipe.

 

[deegack]

Freeze them

 

[leahjade]

Freeze them

to do what with later?

 

[Sandi]

to do what with later?

Make banana nut bread or muffins. Use in a "yonana" machine or high quality blender to make soft serve-like frozen treats (frozen bananas with frozen mixed berries is my favorite). Add to pancakes. Use in place of oil in cake mixes. Make smoothies, like another poster suggested.

 

[moonpie85]

Okay this is going to sound gross but my mom puts them is a planter on her deck and it attracts butterflies. Seriously, she has an insane amount of butterflies

 

[BelleBeautyandtheBeast]

Banana cake!

You can go over to food.com and search banana and find tons of recipes.

I usually throw my leftover bananas into the freezer and use them when the mood strikes.

 

[SamSam]

I freeze them to use later, we usually end up putting them in smoothies.

This! I use 1/2 banana in my morning smoothie, along with a frozen berry mix and ground flax seed. The riper banana's are actually work better in smoothies then the 'not so ripe' ones.

 

[leahjade]

Trying this tonight:
Banana Cake
2/3 cup shortening
1-1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs, separated
2 cups mashed bananas (about 4 medium)
1 cup milk
3 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/4 teaspoons baking powder
1-1/4 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
CREAM CHEESE FROSTING:
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup butter, softened
4 cups confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Dash salt

Directions

In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add bananas and milk; mix just until combined. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add to the creamed mixture; beat for 2 minutes.
In another bowl, beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Fold into batter. Pour into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.

 

[bababear_50]

My neighbor makes something called Monkey Bars, but I don't have the recipe.

Banana Monkey Bars

3/4 cup butter or margarine (1-1/2 sticks)
2/3 cup sugar
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup mashed ripe bananas (3 medium)
2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 6-oz package (1 cup) semisweet chocolate chips

Turn oven to 350 degrees and grease a 15x10x1″ baking pan with shortening.
In a large mixing bowl, beat butter or margarine with electric mixer on medium speed until softened. Add sugar and brown sugar and beat till fluffy.
Add eggs and vanilla. Beat well.
Stir in mashed bananas.
In a medium mixing bowl, stir together flour, baking powder and salt. Gradually add this to the banana mixture, beating until well mixed.
Stir in chocolate chips. Eat a few chips.
Spread batter in the greased baking pan.
Bake in the 350 degree about 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Let cool in the pan on a cooling rack. Cut into bars.



Something else to consider

1 1/2 oz light rum
1 tbsp triple sec
1 banana
1 1/2 oz lime juice
1 tsp sugar
1 cherry

Combine all ingredients (except for the cherry) with 1 cup crushed ice in an electric blender. Blend at a low speed for five seconds, then blend at a high speed until firm. Pour contents into a champagne flute, top with the cherry, and serve.



or

Pineapple Orange Banana Popsicles Recipe
Makes approximately 10 full-sized popsicles

Ingredients:

2 cups fresh chopped pineapple
3 bananas, peeled
2 oranges, peeled

Method:

Pulse all ingredients together in a blender until smooth. Pour into popsicle molds and freeze until firm.
I reuse small yogurt cups for this as I don't have a Popsicle mold.

 

[cornflake]

You can do bananas foster.

Slice or halve or whatever you like, bananas, toss in a sautee pan with some butter and sugar and cinnamon and a touch of salt. Cook until bubbly and the bananas have some colour. Take off the heat, pour in some rum, flambe. Pour over vanilla ice cream and serve.

There's also a good fruit curry recipe I have someplace that's got bananas, apples, coconut, pineapple, other stuff, raisins, in a basic curry, served over rice. Really good summer dish.

Also, banana creme pie, banana pudding, make a big banana-based trifle...

 

[sk!mom]

This time of year...banana ice cream. Yum! Now I want some!!

 

[MistressMerryweather]

Best Banana Cake. EVER. Good with plain cream cheese frosting, too.
http://www.penzeys.com/cgi-bin/penzeys/recipes/r-penzeysGramsBananaCake.html

2 and 1/2 Cups sugar
1 Cup butter (2 sticks)
4 eggs
1 Cup sour cream
2 tsp. baking soda
3 Cups all-purpose flour
1 TB. PURE VANILLA EXTRACT
2 and 1/2 Cups mashed very ripe bananas (about 6 fresh, 8 if using previously frozen bananas)

Frosting:

5 Cups powdered sugar
1/3 Cup NATURAL COCOA POWDER
1/3 Cup butter, softened
2-4 TB. brewed black coffee

 

[Zerosinthecloset]

Jailhouse hooch.

 

[Redwitch]

I have no idea why, but this seems to keep them from ripening quickly....
Place green bananas in a white plastic grocery style bag. Try and find one without writing on it. Keep the bananas in the bag in the fruit crisper. Only take out what you will use in a day. Keep them away from apples.

Not an answer to your question, but thought I'd throw it out there.

 

[BigPumba]

banana pudding

 

[MickeyP]

Maybe you could cut down on buying so many every week. Just a thought.

 

[Dismom55]

Without reading the entire thread and probably not much help, but here goes, first I buy relatively green bananas, put them in a plastic grocery bag and keep them in the fridge, the skin will turn brown, but the fruit will not rippen further, at least we eat them before they do. But if we do have them rippen and are not in the mood for banana bread or do not have the time for bread or muffins, we mash them and freeze them until we are ready for them, we make a big batch, usually muffins and freeze what we are not going to eat right away and then since they are muffins can take out what we want when we want them and they thaw relatively fast being muffins. Also a great treat to take to work, the guys usually eat them with morning coffee before I have a chance to sit down.

I know not much help, but a way to use them and not waste them I guess.

 

[Mouseless2Long]

I mash them and freeze them. When I want to make banana nut bread, I just pull one of the containers from the freezer, thaw it and make the bread.

This is hands down, the best banana nut bread i have ever eaten. I think it's the buttermilk that makes the difference.

BANANA NUT BREAD

Mix together:
¾ c. butter softened
1 ½ c. sugar
1 ½ c. mashed bananas (3 medium)

Add:
2 eggs, well beaten
1 tsp. vanilla

Add above mixture to:
2 c. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. salt

Add in:
½ c. buttermilk

Fold in:
½ c. chopped walnuts

Grease and flour loaf pan. Mix butter, sugar and bananas together. Add eggs and vanilla. Add this mixture to the flour, baking soda and salt. Add buttermilk and mix together. Fold in walnuts.

Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour 15 minutes or until knife/skewer poked in center comes out dry.