Bananas Foster

Prep time: 5 min

Cook time: 15 min

Servings: 4

Yield: 4 servings

Description

Elegant bananas foster made with bananas cooked in a bubbling mixture of brown sugar, butter, rum, walnuts, and cinnamon, served over ice cream.

• 1/4 cup butter

• 2/3 cup dark brown sugar

• 3 1/2 tablespoons rum

• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

• 3 bananas, peeled and sliced lengthwise and crosswise

• 1/4 cup coarsely chopped walnuts

• 1 pint vanilla ice cream

1 Gather all ingredients.

2 Melt butter in a large, deep skillet over medium heat. Stir in brown sugar, rum, vanilla, and cinnamon; bring to a low boil.

3 Place bananas and walnuts in the pan. Cook until bananas have softened, 1 to 2 minutes.

4 Serve at once over vanilla ice cream. Enjoy!