Banana recipe collection

Baked bananas in a Caribbean-style rum caramel sauce with fresh orange juice, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla. A simple, warm dessert inspired by Grenada.

Grilled bananas cooked in their peels until caramelized and soft, split open and topped with powdered sugar, sour cream, and toasted coconut. A two-ingredient grill dessert.

Halloween popcorn crunch: popped corn, pumpkin seeds, dried cranberries and banana chips coated in hard-crack vanilla caramel. The fall snack mix that puts caramel corn to shame.

Hawaiian banana nut bread is a one-bowl quick bread made with three ripe bananas, vegetable oil, and chopped nuts. Moist, tender, and uncomplicated. The kind of loaf that puts overripe bananas to good use.

Hawaiian nut bread loaded with bananas, crushed pineapple, honey, and cinnamon. A tropical quick bread with no refined sugar that makes two full loaves.

Chocolate banana creme log with sliced banana layered with sweetened ricotta, drizzled with chocolate syrup, and topped with shredded coconut. A no-bake single-serving dessert in 10 minutes.

Homemade banana layer cake with mashed ripe banana and buttermilk for a moist, tender crumb. A classic two-layer cake ready to frost with your favorite icing.

Hearty hominy and butternut squash stew with pinto beans, toasted cumin, cinnamon, and ground red chile. A warming Southwestern vegetarian stew with deep, layered spice.

Broiled bananas and oranges drizzled with honey and walnuts, optionally flambeed with brandy. A fast, elegant fruit dessert ready in just 15 minutes.

Honeyed peanut butter spread made by whipping butter, peanut butter, and honey together with optional toasted sesame seeds. A rich, spreadable 5-minute pantry staple.

Hot bananas a la Baloo are grilled bananas marinated in honey, sambal oelek, and soy sauce. Spicy-sweet Indonesian-Japanese fusion side that pairs with grilled meats. Just four ingredients.

Hot pepper salsa for canning, made with banana peppers, green peppers, garlic, brown sugar, and apple cider vinegar. Sweet-hot ketchup-based relish, makes 12 jars.

Big-batch hot salsa for canning with fresh tomatoes, jalapenos, banana peppers, Vidalia onion, and oregano, thickened with cornstarch. Makes 13 pints of thick, spicy salsa for year-round pantry stocking.

Ice Cream Crown Oatmeal tops a bowl of hot oats with a scoop of ice cream that melts into a creamy, sweet sauce. Includes tips for flaky or creamy oatmeal and topping ideas.

Iced blackberry yogurt swirls seedless blackberry puree with honey, brown sugar, banana, plain yogurt, and a beaten egg white into a light frozen dessert. A no-churn frozen yogurt for hot afternoons.

Impossible banana cream pie blended in 30 seconds with Bisquick, eggs, milk, and sugar that forms its own crust while baking. Topped with fresh bananas and sweetened whipped cream.