Baked Bananas

Origin: United States

Source: Sara Bosse and Onoto Watanna (Winnifred Eaton), 1914

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Split the bananas lengthwise on one side of the skin.
  2. Place in a medium oven and bake for about ten minutes.
  3. Carefully remove the fruit from the skin, taking care not to break the skin.
  4. Whip the banana smooth with chopped dates and almonds (about a teaspoonful of dates and nuts per banana).
  5. Return the mixture to the shell.
  6. Serve with powdered rice or sugar, either cold or hot.

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