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Banana Empanadas

“I love banana empanadas and I wanted to see if I could make them. This is what I came up with and I wanted to share. They're pocket pies. You can make them with other fresh fruits (peaches, apples, apricots, pears, etc.) or with canned fruit filling. The good thing about bananas is that you don't have to add any sugar and the empanadas still taste great.”

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Reviewed: Apr. 8, 2012

i soaked the raisins in rum and added a few chocolate chips. was a nice not too sweet dessert!

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Kris

Reviewed: Jun. 28, 2011

This was just alright, it wasn't very sweet so I drizzled honey over it and had some vanilla ice cream with it. I think maybe a different kind of fruit would be much much better then the banana. Ill try it again with apples or something and see how that goes.

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cassie

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Newberg, Oregon, USA

Living In: Lafayette, Oregon, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 12, 2010

Good dough recipe, but the finished product was rather bland. I'd recommend either adding a little banana liquor to the filling or some vanilla icing to the top

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Laurie

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Rumson, New Jersey, USA

Living In: Stillwater, New Jersey, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 25, 2008

Really, really good! I used the lemon juice as suggested - will make again.

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El Sparko

Reviewed: May 18, 2008

Too much filling, but great. Very good taste, not too much breading and the middle is so simple - I ate it straight.

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MACULATED

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Danville, California, USA

Living In: San Luis Obispo, California, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 25, 2007

Try sprinkling lemon juice over the bananas. Lemon juice is used on fresh fruit to prevent it from turning unsavory colors.

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Gramma Kelly

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Avon, Indiana, USA

Reviewed: Aug. 7, 2006

I made mini banana empanadas for this one. I halved the recipe because I only had two bananas and I still had tons of filling left over. When baked, the filling becomes an unsavory gray color. Though these had a decent taste, I would not make these again and could not serve them if I had company over for dinner.

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