So you want to make ice cream at home, but don’t want to buy an expensive ice cream maker or high powered blender that you might not use very much? Look for other options in your kitchen before you give up on homemade sweet treats. One of the easiest ways to make homemade frozen desserts is by pureeing frozen bananas in your food processor. This easy banana sorbet recipe is a fun way to eat your fruits.


The secret to making sorbet in a food processor is frozen fruit. When you first start blending the bananas, they will look like they are just going to break up into small chunks. Keep processing and the mixture will eventually come together with a creamy, ice cream-like texture. This is a super fast dessert that you can feel proud to feel your family. After all, it is almost entirely made of fruit.

Ingredients:

• 3 ripe bananas, frozen
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 Tbsp honey

Directions:

1. Place all ingredients in your food processor and pulse until the banana is broken up.
2. Use a spatula to scrape down the sides of the bowl, making sure that the banana is pureeing evenly.
3. Continue to pulse until the fruit comes together with a smooth texture.

Tips:

• When you find your bananas are getting too ripe, throw them in the freezer. Then you can use them up the next time you want to make a smoothie or sorbet. The best way to freeze fruit for making sorbet is by chopping it into chunks and freezing them in a single layer on a baking sheet. Smaller chunks will blend faster for a smoother sorbet. Check out the directions for freezing bananas for a great guide.
   

• Just plain bananas will still make this a great recipe. I like the additions of a little vanilla and honey for the flavor they bring, but you can experiment with things you love. Drizzle a little chocolate sauce over the finished product, or stir in a ribbon of peanut butter. Swap the honey for maple syrup. It’s such an easy basic recipe that the sky is the limit when it comes to making substitutions.