Cooking with Bananas

I have one of those cravings that I have once every five years or so: Banana Fritter   My mom made these all the time.  I decided to give it a try.  The first recipe required mashed bananas.  The fritters came out awful.  They were like fried donut holes without even a hint of banana flavor.  They just had those strange brown and black line you have with anything that has bananas: Pancakes, muffins, bread, etc..

So I call my Mom and ask her for the recipes she used for banana fritters.  This is what she sent me:

Banana Fritters:

1 Cup Flour 

1 Teaspoon Baking Powder

1/2 Teaspoon salt

1 Whole Egg

1 Cup Milk

1/2 Cup Oil

1. Mix flour, salt, egg, milk and oil into large mixing bowl.  Whisk into a light batter.

2. Cut and quarter 3 - 5 bananas lengthwise to form pieces that are 2 to 3 inches (5 - 8 cm)  in length.

3. Coat the prepared bananas with flour before dipping into batter.

4. With tongs or fork, dip the banana pieces into batter and allow excess batter to drip off into bowl

5. Fry in oil (Canola)  at 375°F (185-190 C°) degrees until a golden brown. Drain on a paper towel.

6.  Sprinkle with powered sugar and serve warm.

Notes: This batter makes enough to coat a bunch of bananas (6 to 10).  Watch the oil carefully.  It's really easy to burn the fritters.  You can serve brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, or maple syrup with your fritters as well.