Banana Butter Recipes

Steps:

• In 4-quart saucepan, mix bananas, lemon juice and pectin until pectin is dissolved. Heat to boiling over medium heat, stirring constantly. Stir in sugar. Heat to full rolling boil, stirring constantly; remove from heat. Stir in vanilla and cinnamon.
• Immediately ladle jam into 8 sterilized jars, leaving 1/2-inch headspace. Wipe rims of jars. Seal immediately. Process in boiling water bath 10 minutes.

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• Cream together butter, banana, lemon juice and vanilla. Slowly beat in confectioners' sugar, adding more if needed to make a nice fluffy, spreadable icing. Makes about 2 1/3 cups.

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• Beat mashed banana, lemon juice, and salt in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed for 30 seconds. Beat in softened butter until creamy, about 1 minute. Slowly beat in powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, until smooth.

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• Measure 3 cups mashed bananas into a large saucepan.
• Add the lemon juice, cherries and sugar, mixing well.
• Bring to a rolling boil and boil hard for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat and stir in the pectin.
• Mix well.
• Ladle into clean, hot sterile jars and seal.
• Process in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes for pints.

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• BRING boiling-water canner, half-full with water, to simmer. Wash jars and screw bands in hot, soapy water; rinse with warm water. Pour boiling water over flat lids in saucepan off the heat. Let stand in hot water until ready to use. Drain well before filling.
• MASH bananas thoroughly. Measure exactly 4 cups prepared fruit into 6- or 8-quart saucepot. Stir lemon juice and fruit protector into prepared fruit in saucepot.
• STIR pectin into fruit in saucepot. Add butter to reduce foaming, if desired.
• Bring mixture to full rolling boil (a boil that doesn't stop bubbling when stirred) on high heat, stirring constantly.
• STIR in all sugar quickly. Return to full rolling boil and boil exactly 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Skim off any foam with metal spoon.
• LADLE quickly into prepared jars, filling to within 1/8 inch of tops. Wipe jar rims and threads. Cover with two-piece lids. Screw bands tightly.
• Process 5 minutes in a hot water bath. Remove jars and place upright on a towel to cool completely. After jars cool, check seals by pressing middle of lid with finger. (If lid springs back, lid is not sealed and refrigeration is necessary.).

Steps:

• Measure first 5 ingreedients into large saucepan.
• Heat and stir constantly as you bring to a rolling boil.
• Boil for 1 minute.
• Remove from heat.
• Stir in pectin.
• Stir and skim for 5 minutes so fruit won't float.
• Pour into hot sterilized half pint jars to within 1/4 inch of top.
• Place sterilized metal lids on jars and screw metal bands on securely.
• For added assurance against spoilage, you may choose to process for 5 minutes in a boiling water bath.