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You know how you can buy some green bananas one day and come home the next to find they've gone all brown and spotty? I hate it. I really can't stand eating a ripe or overripe yellow banana by itself, and there are only so many loaves of banana bread you can bring to work without being shunned in the break room. This Carribean-inspired banana fritter recipe is the perfect way to use a handful of ripe bananas, even ones that have a few mushy spots. You can eat them like pancakes for breakfast, whip them up as an afternoon snack, or enjoy them for dessert.
They are most delicious when they're nice and hot, so plan to eat all of the fitters when they're fresh. This recipe should make about 16 smallish fritters. I've found they fry up best when each fritter uses about ¼ of a cup of batter because big huge fritters just don't cook as evenly. There's no need to get really specific, though - you can just use a big serving spoon to portion out the batter.
Of course, a cup of coffee or espresso is the perfect complement to these sweet treats! Honestly, they aren't all that sweet by themselves, but adding the powdered sugar ups the sweetness quite a bit. If you'd prefer something a little less sweet, just leave off the topping or omit the slight amount of added sugar in the fritter batter.
Banana Fritters with Cinnamon Powdered Sugar
Ingredients
- 3 very ripe bananas
- 2 tablespoons of sugar
- ½ a teaspoon of cinnamon
- ¾ of a cup of flour
- ½ a teaspoon of vanilla extract
- ⅓ a cup of milk (I used almond milk)
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup of vegetable oil, or more, depending on your skillet
Instructions
These are also very good with a quick orange glaze. Simply place ¾ of a cup of powdered sugar in a bowl and add about three tablespoons of orange juice. Whisk together to create a liquid glaze to pour over the fritters. It will harden up in a few minutes, but why wait? Here are a few with an uncured glaze:
When I don't glaze them, I usually opt for some powdered sugar and additional cinnamon. Yum! I hope you enjoy these banana fritters are much as we do!
Michelle
Oh my gosh!! So glad I found this recipe 🙂
I made a few customizations, and they turned out melt-in-my-mouth decadent:
Added about a Tbls ground flaxseed meal;
used Honey Greek yogurt instead of milk;
fried in coconut oil; and topped off with a few chocolate chips in the pan!
About half went straight from the paper towel to my mouth, bypassing the powdered sugar 🙂 scrumptious!!!
Natashalh
That sounds delicious! I always love substituting Greek yogurt whenever possible, so that sounds awesome! So glad you enjoyed =)