Sunday, January 7, 2007

Banana Crepes

Banana Crepes
SUBMITTED BY: Jessica Eymann
"French crepes filled with a sweet cream sauce over bananas and topped with whipped cream."
Original recipe yield:
6 servings
PREP TIME 5 Min
COOK TIME 15 Min
READY IN 20 Min

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup milk
  • 3 tablespoons butter, melted
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/4 cup half-and-half cream
  • 6 bananas, halved lengthwise
  • 1 1/2 cups whipped heavy cream
  • 1 pinch ground cinnamon

DIRECTIONS

  1. Sift flour and powdered sugar into a mixing bowl. Add eggs, milk, butter, vanilla, and salt; beat until smooth.
  2. Heat a lightly greased 6 inch skillet. Add about 3 tablespoons batter. Tilt skillet so that batter spreads to almost cover the bottom of skillet. Cook until lightly browned; turn and brown the other side. Repeat process with remaining batter, grease skillet as needed.
  3. Melt 1/4 cup butter in a large skillet. Stir in brown sugar, 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon and nutmeg. Stir in cream and cook until slightly thickened. Add half the bananas at a time to skillet; cook for 2 to 3 minutes, spooning sauce over them. Remove from heat.
  4. Roll a crepe around each banana half and place on serving platter. Spoon sauce over crepes. Top with whipped cream and a pinch of cinnamon.

NUTRITION INFORMATION

Servings Per Recipe: 6

Amount Per Serving

Calories: 523

  • Total Fat: 28.9g
  • Cholesterol: 155mg
  • Sodium: 296mg
  • Total Carbs: 61.5g
  • Dietary Fiber: 3.6g
  • Protein: 7.9g

1 comment:

Dave B said...

Mmmmm... gotta try these, they sound yummy. I've had some great desert crepes in New Orleans, and these fit right in with that style. Plus it sounds like they're easy enough for a single guy to make!