This week has been full of strange things.
Tornadoes, thunderstorms, and 70 degree weather….In Indiana… and it’s barely even March!
But because it felt like spring, I couldn’t resist making ice cream.
As usual there were a few over ripe bananas sitting on my counter…banana ice cream it was.
Once again, The Perfect Scoop came to my rescue with this roasted banana ice cream. Even the roasted bananas are good enough to eat by themselves.
So, instead of using those leftover bananas in a smoothie, make this ice cream!
Note: I had a leftover sweet and salty brownie from the test batch I made. So I chopped it up and mixed it in. This ice cream lends itself well to mix ins.
To donate to the Indiana Tornado Disaster victims check out this page.
Roasted Banana Ice Cream
From David Lebovitz – The Perfect Scoop
Ingredients:
- 3 medium overripe bananas, peeled and cut into large pieces
- 1/3 packed brown sugar
- 2 tbsp butter, cut into small pieces
- 1 1/2 cups half and half
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 tsp fresh squeezed lemon juice
- 1/4 tsp salt (sea salt is recommended)
To Make the Ice Cream:
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- In a shallow baking dish toss together the banana, brown sugar and butter. Bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes, stirring occasionally. Once caramelized and delicious, remove from the oven.
- In a blender combine the banana mixture, half and half, sugar, vanilla extract, lemon juice and sea salt. Blend until smooth. Chill until very cold, 8-36 hours.
- Once thoroughly chilled mix in your ice cream maker according to the directions. At this point you can mix in the chopped brownies, or other mix in of choice. Freeze over night or serve immediately as soft serve.
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Delish. Wow!
You just stole my heart with this recipe! I love ice cream and I love bananas- especially with that toasted roasted caramel flavor to them! This looks amazing
Roasted bananas? I’m there!
Fabolous! It’s offical, you are the 3rd ice cream blog I read this week. I”m biting the bullet and buying an ice cream maker tonight!!! This looks so good, can’t wait to try it!
Yes! Perfect timing too. Right before spring! You will be so happy you did. I never want to buy ice cream anymore!
Roasted bananas?! Sounds amazing!
roasted banana ice cream? holy cow that sounds wonderful.
oh my.. i have everything on hand of this wonderful ice cream… yummy!1
Oh, I love that you added brownie bits to your ice cream…fabulous idea! And I love that you have a link to donate to the tornado victims…brava!
I love anything with bananas, so I love this recipe!!! Makes since to me that you added the brownies, that would be a perfect compliment! Hugs, Terra
What ..did I read right..roasted bananas? Have to try out to check the flavors and the yumminess it shows here
Lovely!
This sounds sensational. Roasted bananas then chilled? Wow. Perfect timing since my eye doc told me to eat bananas. I think this is FAR better! Hey, doc’s orders, right?
If you keep dangling icecream in front of me, I will HAVE to get myself an ice cream maker! LOL
Lol!! You are going to want one by the end of the summer, trust me!
I want the entire batch of ice cream!!! This looks sooooo good. Seriously, I’m in love with the ice cream you made.
Thank you Lindsey!!
Wow, this ice cream sounds insanely good. I can’t wait to try this out!