Bubbly Brown-Sugar Bananas

Ingredients

• 4 bananas (ripe but firm, 1 12 lb cut into thick slices)
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 4 tbsps unsalted butter
• 12 cup light brown sugar
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• vanilla ice cream (optional)
• sliced almonds (toasted, optional

Preparation

1. In a large bowl, toss bananas with lemon juice. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Stir in brown sugar. Cook, KITCHEN TIPS stirring, until sugar has dissolved, about 1 minute.
2. Add bananas to skillet and cook, basting and gently turning often with a large spoon, until bananas become softened around edges, about 3 minutes. Sprinkle cinnamon on top. Serve bananas, slightly cooled, on their own or with vanilla ice cream and almonds, if desired.

Recipe found at: http://www.yummly.com/recipe/external/Bubbly-Brown_sugar-Bananas-My-Recipes