crispy bananas on chocolate tortillas

i threw together two recipes i had found because i thought it would be good together. you can pretty much put anything sweet on these chocolate tortillas. they're like little mild chewy chocolate cakes. the bananas can be eaten on their own as well because they crisp up sort of like french fries. you can sprinkle them with cinnamon sugar or black pepper. when i topped the bananas onto the chocolate tortillas i also topped it with cinnamon sugar, caramel and chocolate syrup and blueberry sweet cream ice cream then ate it like a taco.

chocolate tortillas

Ingredients

2 Cup All Purpose flour

• You may add ¼ t pure vanilla extract

1 Tablespoon baking powder

1/3 Cup sugar

4-6 Tablespoon cocoa powder

1 ½ Tablespoon butter

1 teaspoon instant coffee crystals (i always use used coffee grinds instead)

3/4 -1 Cup water, warm or milk, warm

Directions

1. Sift flour, baking powder, sugar, and cocoa powder

2. Add instant coffee and mix well

3. Cut in shortening with hands or a fork until it resembles crumbs

4. Make a well in the middle and add water

5. Mix until soft dough is formed you may add a little more flour if needed

6. Kneed for 3 minutes then cover with a cloth

7. Let sit for 15 minutes

8. With a little shortening on hands make 5-6 dough balls

9. On a lightly floured surface roll out each dough ball and fry or cook on griddle

Ivory Coast Fried Bananas

(4 servings)

4 medium bananas

2 or 3 Tablespoons fresh lemon juice

3/4 cup finely crushed corn flakes

peanut oil for frying

black pepper (savory) - optional

cinnamon and sugar (sweet) - optional

Peel bananas and cut each in half. Cut each piece into four pieces - lengthwise, giving you a total of 32 french fry-sized pieces.

Place banana pieces in a large shalow bowl and drizzle with lemon juice to prevent browning. Let set for 5 minutes.

Heat peanut oil (about 1/2 inch deep) in a heavy skillet at medium-high heat.

Place crushed corn flakes in a seperate large shallow bowl or on a baking pan. Roll each banana piece in corn flakes until well covered.

Fry banana pieces in skillet until golden brown on each side.

Spinkle with either pepper or a 50/50 mix of cinnamon/sugar. depending whether you'd like them sweet or savory.