Tropical Banana Snack Recipes

TROPICAL BANANAS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, toss bananas with lime juice. Add peanuts and honey; mix well. Spoon into individual dishes. Sprinkle with coconut and lime zest. Serve immediately.

TROPICAL BAKED BANANAS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 7x11 inch baking dish.
• In a small bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Stir in cloves and orange juice until smooth. Place the bananas in the prepared dish and spread the butter mixture evenly over the bananas. Sprinkle with coconut.
• Bake in preheated oven until bubbly and heated through, 10 minutes.

TROPICAL BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• Combine coconut oil, eggs, and vanilla extract in a large bowl; whisk well to combine. Add flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Stir well until combined. Fold in bananas, pineapple, and coconut; stir until just blended. Pour batter evenly into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Remove to a wire rack to cool completely.

TROPICAL BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly oil a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan.
• Spread the macadamia nuts on one rimmed baking sheet and the coconut on another. Toast, tossing occasionally, until the macadamia nuts and coconut are golden, 5 to 7 minutes. Let the nuts cool, then roughly chop.
• Whisk together the flour, granulated sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, macadamia nuts and coconut in a large bowl. In another bowl, whisk together the coconut oil, brown sugar, eggs, yogurt and vanilla. Stir in the bananas. Fold the banana mixture into the dry mixture until just combined.
• Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and lightly tap the pan on the counter to evenly distribute the batter. Bake until golden brown and a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean, 65 minutes to 75 minutes. Let the bread cool for 15 minutes in the pan. Remove from the pan and let cool completely on a rack.

BANANA SNACK CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugars until light and fluffy. Add 1 egg at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in bananas and vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition. Stir in nuts. , Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 25-30 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. , For frosting, in a large saucepan, combine brown sugar, butter and milk. Bring to a boil over medium heat; boil and stir for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat; cool to lukewarm. , Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar until frosting reaches spreading consistency. Frost cake.

TROPICAL BANANA SPLITS

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, bring 1/2 cup cream just to a boil. Remove from heat and add chocolate. Let stand 2 to 3 minutes; stir to combine.
• In a medium bowl, whip remaining 1/2 cup cream with sugar until soft peaks form. Set aside.
• Peel bananas, and split lengthwise; divide among 4 sundae dishes. Top with a scoop (1/4 cup) each of mango, coconut, and raspberry sorbets. Drizzle each sundae with chocolate sauce; top with whipped cream, nuts, and a cherry. Serve immediately.

TROPICAL BANANA SCONES

Steps:

• Place chopped banana into a small bowl, cover with pineapple juice, and let sit for 15 to 20 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone liner.
• Mix flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in a small bowl.
• Beat sugar, butter, and coconut oil together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth; stir in yogurt.
• Drain banana chunks and save juice for another use. Fold bananas into the yogurt mixture. Fold in the dry ingredients carefully until just mixed. Dump onto the prepared baking sheet and pat into a 9- to 10-inch circle. Cut the circle into 8 wedges using a dough scraper or large knife, but don't separate them.
• Bake in the preheated oven until browned and cooked through, about 15 minutes. Let cool for 5 to 10 minutes before serving.

TROPICAL BANANA SPLITS

Steps:

• Place bananas in two dessert dishes; top with fruit salad. Garnish with a dollop of whipped topping and sprinkle with nuts.

LIGHT TROPICAL BANANA PUDDING

Steps:

• Put the coconut milk and butter in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat, stirring gently to melt the butter and heat the milk.
• Whisk together the sugar, cornstarch and 2 tablespoons water in a separate bowl to create a thick paste. Gently whisk into the milk and increase the heat to medium. Cook, stirring often, until thick and bubbly, 10 to 12 minutes.
• Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla extract. Let cool to room temperature, then transfer to a bowl and cover with plastic wrap, pressing the wrap directly against the surface. Refrigerate until set, 3 to 4 hours.
• Beat the whipping cream with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form.
• Arrange a layer of half of the banana slices on the bottom of a 9-inch pie dish. Add a layer of half the pineapple followed by half of the coconut pudding and a layer of half of the wafers. Top with some whipped cream and repeat to make a second layer.
• Top with the remaining whipped cream and the toasted coconut flakes. Cover and refrigerate for at least 8 hours or up to overnight before serving.

TROPICAL BANANAS FOSTER

Steps:

• Melt butter in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add brown sugar, nectar and rum; stir until sugar dissolves. Increase heat and boil until syrupy, about 4 minutes. Mix in ginger and nutmeg. Add pineapple, banana and mango and sauté just until heated through, about 1 minute. Let cool 2 minutes.
• Scoop ice cream into bowls. Spoon warm sauce over ice cream. Sprinkle with coconut, if desired; serve immediately.

TROPICAL BANANA STRUDEL

Steps:

• FILLING:.
• Thinly slice bananas and put in heavy nonreactive saucepan.
• Add raisins, lemon juice and zest, cinnamon, vanilla, rum, brown sugar and stir to combine.
• Cook over medium heat until bananas are just tender, 2-4 minutes.
• Correct sweetness if necessary.
• In a small bowl, stir cornstarch into banana liqueur (or rum).
• Pour into the banana mixture and simmer 30 seconds or until mixture thickens.
• Let cool to room temperature and remove cinnamon stick and vanilla bean.
• Refrigerate until cold.
• STRUDEL DOUGH:.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
• In a small bowl, combine melted butter and oil.
• In a separate small bowl combine cracker crumbs and sugar.
• Following the directions on the filo dough box, prepare surface and dough (using damp cloth, etc.), alternately brush dough with butter mixture and one level tablespoon of the crumb mixture. Repeat until you have used four sheets of the filo dough.
• Mound half of the banana filling in a row along the long edge of dough closest to you. Roll up halfway.
• Fold in the short ends and continue to roll the strudel.
• Carefully transfer it, seam side down to an ungreased baking sheet.
• Prepare the second strudel in the same manner.
• Brush the tops with the rest of the butter mix and sprinkle with the rest of the crumb mix.
• Using a sharp knife, lightly score the tops of the strudels (do not cut through to the filling!).
• Bake until crispy and golden brown, 30-40 minutes.
• Cool slightly and cut into diagonal slices with serrated knife.

TROPICAL BANANA CAKE

Steps:

• Mix the dry ingredients for the cake in a large bowl.
• Add the banana, buttermilk and shortening, mix on medium with an electric mixer.
• Add the eggs and vanilla, mix until well incorporated.
• Pour batter into 1 9x13" pan which has been greased and floured, or 2 8" pans that have been greased and floured.
• Bake at 350 for 35 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.
• Remove cakes from oven and cool.
• For 8" layers, cool 10 minutes in the pans, turn out onto racks and cool completely.
• Frosting----------.
• Mix the brown sugar with the butter until combined.
• Add milk and mix until combine.
• Add pecans and coconut.
• For a 9x13 cake-------.
• Cover the cake with the frosting mixture and put under a broiler for 3-4 minutes.
• For the layer cake: Put the layers on a cookie sheet and spread each one with half of the frosting.
• Broil for 3-4 minutes.
• Let cool completely before assembling the cake.
• This makes a very good, rustic looking layer cake.

TROPICAL BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Coat 8 1/2" x 4 1/2" loaf pan with cooking spray.
• Combine flour, baking powder, soda, salt and cinnamon; reserve.
• On medium-high speed, beat bananas and sugar until blended. Stir in egg. On low speed, beat in reserved flour mixture alternately with 1/3 cup milk until just combined. Stir in pineapple.
• Transfer to pan. Bake 45 minutes or until pick inserted comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Transfer to rack; cool.
• Combine confectioners' sugar, extract and remaining milk until smooth. Pour over bread. Sprinkle with coconut; garnish with fruit.

LOW-FAT TROPICAL BANANA CAKE

Steps:

• Grease a loaf pan and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large mixing bowl, mix the flour, salt, baking powder and sugar.
• In a separate bowl, mix the egg, banana/citrus juice mixture, unsweetened apple sauce and nuts or chocolate chips (if desired) until well mixed, but not completely smooth.
• Mix the wet ingredients into the dry mixture until batter is smooth and pourable.
• The mixture should never be completely smooth because of the banana chunks and nuts or chocolate chips (if desired).
• Pour the mixture into the loaf pan and bake for 40 minutes.
• While baking the cake, mix the confectioners sugar and citrus juice in a small sauce pan over med-high heat, until the sugar carmelizes and becomes smooth.
• Once smooth, reduce heat to medium and wait until cake is done.
• Once cake is baked, allow to cool for 5-10 minutes and pour the carmelized sugar/citrus juice frosting over the cake.
• Quickly sprinkle with coconut shavings, as frosting will become hardened once cooled.
• Serve and be happy.

TROPICAL PINEAPPLE BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 8 1/2x4 1/2 loaf pans.
• Beat sugar and butter in a large mixing bowl on medium speed until creamy, about 2 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition until just combined. Stir in mashed bananas, crushed pineapple, and vanilla.
• Whisk flour, salt, baking soda, and cinnamon together in a separate bowl until well blended. Add macadamia nuts and stir until coated. Add flour mixture to the banana mixture; stir until just combined.
• Divide batter evenly between the prepared loaf pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the centers comes out clean, about 1 hour and 10 minutes.
• Cool in the pans for 10 minutes, then remove to a wire rack and allow to cool completely, about 20 minutes longer.

TROPICAL BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*F Grease 2 9x5 loaf pans and set aside. In a bowl combine oil and sugar. Add eggs (or apple sauce) and mix well. Add vanilla extract and almond extract, mix again. Add baking powder, baking soda and salt. Mix again. Add mashed bananas and mix well, scraping sides of bowl as needed. In a separate bowl, stir together the mashed banana and the coconut milk. Alternately add flour & coconut milk, starting and ending with flour, mixing well after each addition until combined. Add Coconut and mix again. Add cherries and gently mix again. Pour batter into your two prepared pans. Bake for 1 hour. If toothpick inserted to center of loaf comes out wet bake for additional 15 minutes or until tested toothpick comes out clean. Let loaves rest for 10 minutes before removing from pans and allowing to cool on racks.

TROPICAL SNACK MIX

Steps:

• Combine cashews, pineapple, mango, pretzels, macadamia nuts, coconut flakes, and cranberries in a large bowl; stir to combine.
• Add honey and butter to a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook and stir until butter is melted, about 1 minute. You also could do this in the microwave.
• Drizzle honey-butter over snack mix and sprinkle salt over the top. Stir well to make sure everything is well coated.

TROPICAL BANANA SNACK

Steps:

• Peel bananas; cut in half crosswise and then lengthwise.
• Spread with peanut butter.
• Put coconut on a plate and dip bananas in it and coconut will stick to the peanut butter.
• Arrange on a plate and drizzle honey over the pieces.
• Serve alone or with other fruit.