Bananas Foster
Recipe from Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, 10th Edition (1989), page 126. Vision transcription from the scanned page; needs review.
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Ingredients
- 4 ripe medium bananas
- 1/3 cup margarine or butter
- 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup light rum
- Vanilla ice cream
Instructions
- Peel bananas; halve crosswise, then lengthwise. In a large skillet or the blazer pan of a chafing dish melt margarine or butter over medium heat. Stir in brown sugar. Add bananas. Cook and stir for 3 to 4 minutes or till heated through.
- In a small saucepan heat rum till it almost simmers. (If desired, pour heated rum into a large ladle.) Carefully ignite rum and pour over bananas. Serve immediately over ice cream.
- Peach and Banana Flambé: Prepare as above, except substitute 1 cup sliced, peeled peaches (2 medium) for 1 banana. Sprinkle each serving with 1 tablespoon toasted coconut.
Source and image provenance
Historical recipe source: Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, 10th Edition (1989), Meredith Corporation. View the cited page at the Internet Archive.
Image credit: Image attribution: "Brennan's Bananas Foster - 2011.jpg" by Kimberly Vardeman; license: CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0); source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brennan%27s_Bananas_Foster_-_2011.jpg. Cropped/resized.
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