Roasted Bananas With Maple-Bourbon Sauce

• butter for baking dish
• 4 ripe but not overly soft bananas
• 5 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 cup bourbon (or rum)
• 1/3 cup pure maple syrup
• vanilla ice cream

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Butter a small gratin dish. Peel the bananas and arrange so that the bananas fit closely in one layer (I used a 9 x 6 for 4 bananas cut in half crosswise). Cut 2 tablespoons of the butter into smaller pieces and place on top of the bananas. Put the dish in the oven and roast for 25 minutes.
3. Remove the dish from the oven and add the bourbon, maple syrup and remaining 3 tablespoons of butter. Return to the oven and cook another 20 minutes or until the bananas are starting to brown and the sauce is bubbly and reduced.
4. Remove from the oven and serve the bananas warm with ice cream on the side and sauce drizzled over the top.

butter, bananas, butter, bourbon, maple syrup, vanilla ice cream

Taken from food52.com/recipes/16751-roasted-bananas-with-maple-bourbon-sauce (may not work)