I once knew someone who was allergic to bananas. Okay, I say “knew” very loosely – I knew someone who knew of them. A friend of mine worked in a building where Banana-Allergic girl worked. It was kind of crazy. There were NO BANANA signs everywhere. It was pretty intense. Apparently they had a couple of banana lock downs, I kid you not.
I am not allergic to bananas and I have no great passion for them either way. I do know a couple of intense banana haters and lovers, but they’re kind of take or leave it for me. However, when you toss them in a buttery, brown sugar sauce and throw them on top of french toast, I’m totally in. French toast makes anything instantly desirable.
Guys, as I was writing this post I realized I have an obsession with French toast. Okay, I know I say that I’m obsessed with a lot of things, but I think my French toast obsession is a real one. I looked through my archives and found 8 French toast recipes so I went ahead and made a French toast category. Because, French toast. You can check it out here if you love French toast as much as I do!
Caramelized Banana French Toast Recipe
serves 2French Toast
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 4 thick slices of day old bread (french or challah work well)
- butter or oil
Caramelized Bananas
- 1 firm banana, sliced
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
- roughly chopped roasted hazelnuts, to garnish
Beat eggs, milk and cinnamon together in a shallow bowl. Dip slices of bread into egg mix allowing the bread to soak up eggy goodness. Melt a pat of butter in a large skillet over medium to medium-high heat. Add the soaked slices of bread and fry until golden brown on both sides, flipping once.
While your toast is getting golden, caramelize the bananas. Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. When the butter is melted, add the brown sugar and cinnamon and stir until the sugar dissolves. When the mixture is bubbling at the edges, add the bananas and stir to coat. Let bubble until caramel is thick and bubbly. Serve bananas on top of french toast. Sprinkle with roasted hazelnuts to finish. Enjoy!
Made this for breakfast this morning and I went to heaven at the first bite! Absolutely yummy! Thank you for the recipe!
Love this recipe! I love bananas and French toast so I think it’s perfect that I found your recipe to make :) Definitely a great idea to put the two together! I’ve never caramelized bananas before so that might be sort of tricky, but I hope when I attempt this recipe that it works out and tastes delicious! I love the pictures you included; they make this recipe look even more delicious. Adding almost any type of fruit to French toast is amazing. And bananas are so good on almost anything too. Great recipe! Hopefully my attempt will look as good as your pictures you posted :)
The first time I made caramelized bananas with this recipe they turned out perfectly. And now I tried again and it just will not come out bubbly, I stir it and added the right amount of everything but butter just disolves around sugar and then it burns, I tried 3 times in a row :(
hi kate,
does the sugar dissolve into the butter? maybe turn down the heat when you’re making the caramel? are you using a different pan than the first time?