I read about making banana "ice cream" several places in a week, and wanted to try it out. The only ingredient is ripened bananas, which you need to freeze. So week after week I bought double batches of bananas, hoping to freeze 3 or 4 when they got ripe. And week after week they all got eaten before they made it to the freezer. I suppose there are worse things than banana lovin' kids. So one week I bought three bunches of bananas, and finally got 4 into the freezer.
So all you need are frozen bananas. You want them a tiny bit thawed, though, so either pull them out 15 minutes or so beforehand, or microwave them a tiny bit. Then just break them into 2" chunks (or so) and put them in the food processor and blend, blend, blend. They turn mushy, then suddenly transform into a creamy ice cream texture. It was a huge hit with all the kids. We just topped them with a few M&M's, but it would be good with peanut butter, or Quik powder, or caramel sauce, or ......
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