Bananas Foster

Show:  5/8/09

4 cups “prepared” North Country Farms Pancake Mix

3 Bananas sliced

¼ cup brown sugar

3 tblsp maple syrup

½ tsp ground cinnamon

¼ cup dark rum

¼ cup banana liquor

1 ½ cups whipped cream

Candied walnuts

4 cups pancake mix will yield 16 pancakes.  Four each, for four people. 

In a 14 inch sauté pan, on medium heat, add the bananas, sugar, butter, cinnamon, and syrup.  Sauté until bananas begin to soften.  Carefully add the rum and liquor to the pan, and flambé to cook off all the alcohol.

Allow sauce to simmer 3-4 minutes.  Spoon over pancakes and garnish with whipped cream and walnuts.

Optional:  Use apple juice instead of water and a pinch of cinnamon for the pancake mix, and the juice of an orange to the bananas foster at the very end of the cooking process.