Ever wanted to make banana bread but didn’t have ripe bananas? No problem.
You can ripen bananas in just 30 minutes by popping them in the oven.
These were yellow 30 minutes ago
Coolest trick in the book right here:
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
- Put parchment paper on a baking sheet or jelly roll pan
- Place unpeeled bananas on the baking sheet and bake for 30 minutes, or until ripe.
- Peel one piece and slide the banana out
Recipe Notes
You can ripen small to medium bananas in 30 minutes. If bananas are larger, it will take a little bit more time.
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this is a life saver esp when i want to bake something with overly ripe bananas!
I didn’t know you could do this. Great idea!
did you know throwing them in the freezer for 60 minutes does it too? great idea!