dizzy buttered banana pie pops

Zippylip · August 2010

so a few days after making the apple pie-ettes, my wife is at Sam’s Club & texts me a picture of a frozen box of mini pies that looked strikingly like the pie-ettes, although theirs were filled with apple pie goo instead of a whole apple, & had no nuts, it was still the same concept. Anyway, I had these things on my mind & love the concept of hand-held pies, & anything on a stick just rules, which is the story behind the next generation:

the star of the show

cut in half, insert a popsicle stick, then pop in the freezer for a while to stiffen them up

Melt a bag of caramels (the popsicle sticks come in the bag, for caramel apples)

Dip the bananas, coating well

Roll in crushed nuts then place on wax paper or parchment, then into the fridge to set

Wrap in pie dough (I tried finding the premade stuff last week, couldn’t , was pissed :evil: , was forced to figure out how to make it :ermm: , found out it’s pretty easy, wasn’t pissed anymore

, takes about 5 minutes to make, 2 cups of flour, cut in 1/3 cup butter & 1/3 cup shortening, pinch of salt, cinnamon, & nutmeg , 4 to 5 tablespoons of water, mix, roll out – not sure why I spent my whole life thinking that was some kind of mystery :huh: )

I made these about 2 hours in advance, so back into the fridge while dinner was prepped & cooked

I did the pie-ettes indirect and in a buttered cast iron pan, then removed to the grid to finish. With the banana pops, I skipped the cast iron, & just painted on pineapple-headed butter, then placed on the grid sitting on top of the inverted plate setter, foil covered in the event of a blowout & massive caramel lava flow. The temperature was somewhere in the 4-500 range, not sure because it kind of got away from me, beverages & all…

the finished banana pie pops cooling on a rack

After about 10 minutes, on the plate:

A little powdered sugar (I suppose you could amp this up further with a scoop of vanilla ice cream… but it was indeed delicious as-was)

Have a great weekend all, happy here in the ‘killer-free’ hut, Marc

MDR · August 2010

Whoda thought. Those look AMAZING.

Margie

cookn biker · August 2010

Love it Marc!!

milesofsmiles · August 2010

Marc, you just ain't rite. Cold ones to you. C U at O-fest.

to you and the family.

"Sparky" · August 2010

Dammit Marc,you're just a regular mad scientist ain't ya? :lol: :laugh: Looks great buddy

Frank from Houma · August 2010

Mmmmmmmmmmmm

RGBHV · August 2010

You sir! Are amazing!

My kids will love these.

Actually, I'd have to make up a batch for me first ! Ya know, to test them out first!

Michael

SSN686 · August 2010

Morning Marc:

I am still amazed at your food imagination! I don't really like bananas, but seeing this may change my mind! Another Zippy Creation!

Rolling Egg · August 2010

Will try this weekend. Thanks for the idea. Looks marvelous.

FatDog · August 2010

That's just wrong! Here I am in dire need of something good to finish off my supper of BGE meatloaf and this shows up. Not to mention that in this part of the world, football and State Fair season is just around the corner so I can see these things becoming part of my regular religion. If I gain a ton this fall, it is all your fault!

2Fategghead · August 2010

You've got my salavitory glans over timing and my typing finger are all messed up.

I think you are some kind of Wonka person. How does Zipster Wonka sound! :woohoo: Tim

Lawn Ranger · August 2010

There you go teasing again. Lips are watering.

Very nice.

LR

Fluffyb · August 2010

Again, your creativity never ceases to amaze me. You must be a heck of a lawyer!Those look so good.

Beli · August 2010

Zippy boy...you never cease to amaze me.......wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww...Delicious!!!!!!!!!!!!

Boss Hogg · August 2010

Marc-Looks delicious! Could you work on something with Jello shots??
BC

Hoss · August 2010

That ain't rite! B)

JLOCKHART29 · August 2010

You my friend are a strange person!! :pinch: Guess thats why I like ya! As I was going down the post I was thinking "what the $%&^ does a bannana sickel have to do with the Egg?" Should have known! :laugh: As goes w/o saying an outstanding cook! Still loving the hut?

Big'un · August 2010

Very cool!

Zippylip · August 2010

I truly appreciate all the comments & compliments. This concoction was truly delicious, fest worthy even. The exterior looked a little dry in the pictures, but the crust was really moist & flaky, & the rub mixed in with the butter painted on really sent it over the top

Max, I was thinking about what you were saying the other day in the ‘dessert in the egg’ baking discussion; I think you hit it right on the head, I had never considered it before, but having made many baked desserts in the egg that could have just as easily been made in the oven, I recognize why I put them in the egg instead. It does add a layer you cannot get from plain electric element or gas heat.

Agreed also that the egg has to be very clean burning; before the banana pops went on, I had ½ a load of pre-used for pizza lump, so it was already very clean, I added ½ a chimney of fresh lump to get it going, & it held about 400 for somewhere around 45 minutes before the pops went in – the only smoke was created by some dripping butter onto the foil, but other than that, clean

The resulting pops were fantastic

Clay Q · August 2010

That's crazy fun cookin :woohoo: , and as always, your creativity inspires with great pic's to make me hungry. :cheer:
Now I just had a thought... How about another large egg just for baking? B) Like what I got.
It could be set up as a pizza oven, high temp baking indirect. HEY, a medium egg would work great for your culinary creativity. Just thinking. :blink:
Time for another coffee.

Fidel · August 2010

wouldn't those be "caramel apple sticks" as opposed to popsicle sticks, seeing as how they came to make caramel apples.

Otherwise, pretty sweet. Literally and figuratively.

Florida Grillin Girl · August 2010

Really awesome. Yeah, I think you need a dedicated egg just for desserts.

eenie meenie · August 2010

That looks so good Zippy

....I wonder if one could prep them in advance and place in the fridge or the freezer?

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