Cinnamon Glazed Bananas
Whip up a batch of this simple and tasty dessert tonight! We love Cinnamon Glazed Bananas because they are easy to make and taste great with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. This recipe is part of our list of 25+ Cooking Recipes for Kids. Thank you to 100daysofrealfood.com for sending us their latest cookbook to review!
These cinnamon glazed bananas were as fun to make as they were to eat. This is a quick and easy cooking with kids project that includes basic knife skills.
This recipe came from the 100 Days of Real Food: Fast and Fabulous cookbook by Lisa Leake. Leake is one of my favorite food bloggers and her (second) amazing cookbook features many healthy and simple recipes you can make with your kids. Her focus on real food ingredients makes it easy to choose a recipe that will introduce your children to cooking healthy foods.
How to make glazed bananas
To make the cinnamon glazed bananas, we had to start with cutting boards and knives. I gave my kids a good amount of freedom to slice them independently, since they were using butter knives.
Cutting fruit and veggies is one of their favorite things to do in the kitchen. It makes them feel so grown up and I love watching them snack on the fresh produce along the way.
Once the bananas were sliced, I had my son bring the dirty cutting boards and knives to the sink and place all of the bananas in a bowl.
Meanwhile, my daughter helped me measure out the ingredients into the saucepan and stir them up. We talked about the heat from the stove and I showed her how to hold the heatproof handle of the pot while stirring with the other hand.
Once the sauce was hot and bubbly, we mixed in the bananas and let them cook for approximately 1 minute. When the bananas were nicely coated and the sauce was thick, we turned off the heat and poured them over vanilla ice cream.
What to serve with cinnamon glazed bananas?
Cinnamon glazed bananas were the perfect match to vanilla ice cream. They were warm, gooey, sweet, and made the ice cream just a little melty.
I really enjoyed this cooking with kids project because it was quick and ended with a sweet treat. It was the perfect amount of time for my toddler who has a short attention span.
Cinnamon Glazed Bananas
Ingredients
- 4 large bananas
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- Vanilla ice cream optional
Instructions
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Slice bananas 1/2 inch thick
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In a medium sauce pan, combine the maple syrup, butter, vanilla extract, and cinnamon.
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Cook and stir over medium heat until the butter is melted and begins to bubble.
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Mix in the bananas and cook another 60 seconds.
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Enjoy the cinnamon glazed bananas immediately.
This looks wonderful! Saved to Pinterest so I can make these for the kiddos!
Aw how fun to cook with your little one. It looks yummy.
No kids here but I would totally whip this up for a yummy dessert!
Pinned! This looks amazing. I think this would be fabulous on pancakes!
Your babies are so beautiful!!!
Going to try this recipe but with coconut oil instead of butter – my little ones have allergies but they love bananas!
Jacinta, I bet it would be delicious with coconut oil!
What a fun simple way to get littler kids involved in the kitchen! I love that you’re teaching them to be independent!
What fun! My kids love cooking and baking with me. This would be fun to do with them especially my smaller kiddos! They’d really enjoy this.
Although I dont have kids, the recipe looks yummy and fun to create! I bet it would be just a good choice to upgrade boring bananas – kids or not! 🙂
These cinnamon glazed bananas look really good. I think I could make them and my sons would love them. What would you suggest as a sugar substitute or natural sweetener?
You could try fruit juice! 🙂
My kids LOVE cooking with me. These look so delicious! I need to give them a try!
I love cooking with my daughter! She (and I!) would love to make this recipe!
Yum, my children would love anything with ice cream! I like that you are getting them to at least eat some bananas with their dessert. 🙂
My kids love helping out in the kitchen, especially when it is a dessert recipe!
I’m sure my teens would love it! It’s really tempting and it looks fantastic.
Cooking with my boys are our bonding time. I’m sure they would love it to cook with me. Such a delicious idea.
This looks healthy and fun!! I can’t wait to try this one with my kids!
Oh my word. I have never heard of something like this. It absolutely sounds incredible! I need some now!
I have never heard of this???? That being said. I want to try it right now!!! It looks amazing AND healthy.
Love how you have engaged your lil girl and seems like she enjoyed it too. I love bananas so would love to this try myself too 🙂
These look delicious! Saving this for making for my art class kids. I’m sure they’d live these 🙂
That sounds fun!
This looks wonderful! Saved to Pinterest so I can make these for the kiddos!