Banana Boats

Ingredients:

1 Serving:

1 Large Banana

2 tsp Chocolate  Chips

2 tsp granola

1 tbsp miniature marshmallow  

4 Servings                                            

4 Large unpeeled bananas

8 tsp chocolate chips

8 tsp granola

1 tbsp miniature marshmallows

Place each banana on a 20 cm square of foil; crimp and shape foil around bananas so they sit flat.  Cut each banana lengthwise about 2 cm deep, leaving 2 cm uncut at both ends.  Gently pull each banana peel open, forming a pocket.  Fill pockets with chocolate chips, granola and marshmallows.

Oven – preheat oven to 325 F. Bake bananas in oven for 5-7 minutes or until marshmallows are melted and golden brown.

Barbeque – Place the banana boats on the grill and close the lid. Cook over medium heat for 4-5 minutes or until marshmallows are melted and golden brown.

Campfire – Place grill over hot coals (NOT over a flame). Grill bananas for 5-7 minutes or until marshmallows are melted and golden brown.

Recipe published in The Waterfront Press, September 8, 2011 and adapted by JoAnne Gelowitz for use in the classroom.

The things that went well while making the banana boats were we co-operated well together and made the banana boats the way the recipe had told us too. We also cleaned up very well together. The things that didn’t go that well were that the bananas had gotten burnt and they weren’t actually warm or hot, they were cold still. Something I would have done differently if I was going to make this recipe again, I would put more chocolate chips and marshmallows in it and also maybe put it in for a little longer so they wouldn’t be cold when I went to eat it. What I learned in class that had to do with this recipe is that you have to watch your food carefully and make sure that it doesn’t burn and that you are putting it at the right temperature and not and something different then it is supposed to.