Warm Caramel Bananas

Since I have started writing this blog I keep my eyes open for new and delicious recipes. If I can find recipes that are simple and fast it makes it all the better. When you work as many hours as I do there isn’t always a lot of time for baking and cooking during the week.

So when I found the recipe Warm Caramel Bananas in a (Kraft food & family Deliciously Simple. Everyday magazine) I thought it was just what I was looking for, simple, delicious, and fast. Now, this recipe is not something I would have considered making before I started writing this blog;  so I was stepping out of my cooking comfort zone.

This is one of the reasons that I have enjoyed writing a blog;  it has taken me to new levels of baking and cooking. I have enjoyed making new things that I would not have tried in the past.

The recipe is simple to make and does not have a lot of ingredients, but I believe it is one of those comfort foods that everybody would enjoy. The caramel is light and not too heavy and tastes amazing with the bananas.
The nuts add a little crunch that is very pleasing to the dessert. And the chocolate I think tops off everything, really doesn’t chocolate make almost everything taste better.

Recipe:  (As found in the Kraft food & family Deliciously Simple.Everyday Magazine)
Warm Caramel Bananas

2 tablespoons butter
1/3 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1/3 cup sour cream
2 medium bananas peeled
1/2 cup coarsely chopped pecans
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Melt butter in a large skillet on medium heat. Add sugar; cook until melted, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to low. Gradually add sour cream; cook 1 minute.

Cut bananas in half lengthwise and crosswise creating 4 half slices each. Add banana slices cut sides down, and pecans to skillet. Cook 1 minute or until bananas are evenly coated and tender, basting occasionally with sauce.

Spoon bananas into 4 dessert dishes; top with the remaining sauce from skillet. Drizzle chocolate on top of bananas.

Melt chocolate chips in the microwave. I melted them slowly in the microwave 30 seconds at a time, stirring them after every 30 seconds so that they will not overcook.

I altered this recipe in a couple of ways. The recipe called for peanuts which I did not have so I substituted pecans and it called for a square of Baker’s chocolate which I did not have so I substituted that with the chocolate chips.