Baked Bananas
Origin: United States
Source: Sara Bosse and Onoto Watanna (Winnifred Eaton), 1914
Ingredients
- bananas
- 1 teaspoon chopped dates
- 1 teaspoon chopped almonds
- powdered rice or sugar
Instructions
- Split the bananas lengthwise on one side of the skin.
- Place in a medium oven and bake for about ten minutes.
- Carefully remove the fruit from the skin, taking care not to break the skin.
- Whip the banana smooth with chopped dates and almonds (about a teaspoonful of dates and nuts per banana).
- Return the mixture to the shell.
- Serve with powdered rice or sugar, either cold or hot.