Fried Sweet Bananas

Ingredients

• 3 firm bananas, halved lengthwise
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 1/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 3 tablespoons butter

Directions

1. Cut each banana half into 3 or 4 pieces.
2. Mix sugar and cinnamon together in a shallow bowl.
3. Melt butter in a skillet over medium-low heat; add banana slices and cook until golden brown, 5 to 10 minutes. Transfer banana slices to a paper towel-lined plate. Coat banana slices, 1 at a time, with cinnamon-sugar.

Notes

"A very traditional breakfast or dessert in northeast Brazil, bananas or plantains are fried in butter and coated with cinnamon-sugar. Delicious with vanilla ice cream too."