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Flaky, light as air puff pastry shells filled with creamy vanilla ice cream and topped with sweet, sliced bananas in a hot caramelized butter and brown sugar sauce with just a touch of cinnamon.

Bananas Foster is one of New Orleans’ most famous desserts and my first trip to New Orleans would not have been complete without eating Bananas Foster at Brennan’s. My version is non-alcoholic, but at Brennan’s it’s fun to watch your waiter flame the dessert at your table.

Cover of Puff Pastry at Brunch by Katherine Martinelli

My twist on Bananas Foster was also inspired by Katherine Martinelli’s new eBook, Puff Pastry at Brunch: 10 Sweet and Savory Recipes to Start Your Morning, and her recipe for Caramelized Banana and Whipped Cream Stacks. Katherine is a Food and Travel Writer.

It’s a fun little eBook filled with easy to follow recipes and tips on using puff pastry to create luscious puff pastry recipes for brunch. It’s available at the Amazon Kindle store, as well as Barnes and Noble’s Nook. (You can also download it to your computer if you don’t  have an e-reader.)

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This recipe is so quick and easy, but elegant enough to serve to guests. I don’t usually serve ice cream for brunch, but I figure if Brennan’s can serve Bananas Foster for breakfast, I can certainly serve it for brunch.

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Bananas Foster in Puff Pastry Shells

Prep Time10 minutes
Total Time10 minutes
Servings: 6 servings
Author: Barbara Schieving

Ingredients 

  • 6 baked puff pastry shells*
  • ¼ cup ½ stick butter
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
  • pinch of salt
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 4 firm ripe bananas sliced
  • 2 cups vanilla ice cream

Instructions

  • Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the brown sugar, cinnamon, salt, water and vanilla stir until smooth.
  • Add the banana slices and stir to coat evenly. Allow to cook for 1 minute (don’t overcook the banana.) Remove from heat.
  • Spoon ⅓ cup ice cream into each pastry shell. Spoon the caramelized bananas over the ice cream and pastry shells. Serve immediately.

Notes

*I used Pepperridge Farm Puff Pastry Shells, but you could make shells out of pastry sheets.

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    5 from 1 vote (1 rating without comment)

  1. Catalina @ Cake with Love

    Looks like an incredible and decadent dessert and oh so easy to make, I love the convenience of puff pastry!

  2. Linda

    I have to say I am not much of a banana fan unless it is buried under yogurt and homemade granola. But for this recipe, I may relent. It looks scrumptious!

  3. Mercedes

    I Like Barbara Bakes on Facebook!

  4. Mercedes

    I follow @Barbarabakes on twitter!

  5. Mercedes

    I always loved when my mom would make bananas foster and I love that you used puff pastry! i think it would provide the perfect texture to go with the bananas!

  6. Meredith G.

    I’m a big fan of anything baked with ice cream. (Baked Alaska, anyone?) Good call on leaving out the alcohol, too. Just an aside, might want to edit the list of ingredients to say the vanilla extract is the alcohol-free kind, just to be a stickler for details. Great photos as well.

  7. Eileen

    I love bananas foster, and what an elegant way to serve it! I just found your website and have enjoyed looking at your recipes.

    The puff pastry book sounds delightful. As we tend to have overnight guests quite often, I am always searching for more breakfast/brunch recipes. This should have some great recipes to try.

    Thanks.

  8. Lisa

    I follow you on twitter..of course 🙂

  9. Lisa

    Love bananas foster, and in puff pastry shells..even better! I would love to win Katherine’s e-book 🙂

  10. Nina

    I follow you on twitter:)

  11. Megan

    I follow you on FB too! (I hope this isn’t a duplicate comment, it said I was commenting to quickly and to slow down. LOL)

  12. Megan

    I follow you on Twitter!

  13. Megan

    I would definitely eat this for brunch! Heck, it’s in the fruit group, right? 😉

  14. BinomialBaker

    I like Barbara on facebook!

  15. BinomialBaker

    I follow Barbara on twitter!

  16. BinomialBaker

    This looks amazing! Thanks for sharing 🙂

  17. Angie@Angie's Recipes

    These look really deletable! I wouldn’t mind having a few for the brunch!

  18. debbie

    I would love to add this cookbook to my collection. It looks really good.
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  19. Katherine Martinelli

    I am so happy you like the book Barbara, and thanks for hosting the giveaway!! Yours came out just beautifully!!

  20. Asmita

    What a beautifully presented dessert! I love the give away. I follow you on twitter.