Oatmeal Cookie Banana Crisp with Chocolate Kahlua Sauce
It’s banana crisp time.
Yup, that’s right.
Banana Crisp.
With an oatmeal cookie crumble.
and…..
Chocolate Kahlua sauce.
It was actually called one of my best desserts yet.
And it took me all of maybe ten minutes to put together.
Too bad the photos took me two full day and I still am not even close to being happy with them.
I am having the hardest time adjusting to this different light in Oregon. It is kicking my butt. Like big time.
Ugh.
Anyway, have you ever heard of a banana crisp? Cause I sure have not.
See I love berry crisp, but not for dessert and definitely not with chocolate. I am not a berry and chocolate person. I am however a banana and chocolate person. Especially bananas that are warm, gooey and caramelized. Bananas at their best.
Oh and the oatmeal cookie topping?
Yeah, I have no idea if it is really considered and oatmeal cooking topping, but it sure tastes like one, so I called it one. It’s buttery and crunchy and on top of the bananas?
So darn good.
But then there is more awesomeness.
The chocolate Kahula sauce.
Holy moly, oh my gosh. Wow.
Really that is all I have to say. The whole dessert is just awesome. Do everything, the crumble, the ice cream and the sauce. Seriously, don’t skimp on any of it. Oh, and did I mention it is so easy? Cause it is. All you need is one bowl, one baking dish and a bowl for the kahlua sauce. Done in 25 minutes. Yes!!
Plus, it is Friday and that means you get to eat a hot banana crisp with ice cream and chocolate kahlua sauce dripping down the ice cream. And really, there is no need for an ounce guilt about this crisp because one, bananas are crazy healthy and two, oatmeal is crazy heathy. Heck yes!
So let’s go get our crisps on!
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Oatmeal Cookie Banana Crisp with Chocolate Kahlua Sauce
By halfbakedharvest
Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: banana, chocolate, oatmeal
The whole dessert is just awesome. Do everything, the crumble, the ice cream and the sauce. Seriously, don't skimp on any of it. Oh, and did I mention it is so easy? Cause it is. All you need is one bowl, one baking dish and a bowl for the kahlua sauce. Done in 25 minutes.
Ingredients
- 6 ripe banans sliced
- 1 1/2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter softened
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Oatmeal Cookie Crumble
- 1 cup oats
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter softened
Chocolate Kahlua Sauce
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 1/2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1/4 cup kahlua
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- vanilla bean ice cream for serving
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
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Grease an 8x8 pyrex dish or 4 individual baking dishes with cooking spray or butter.
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In a large size bowl add the bananas, 1 1/2 tablespoons of brown sugar and vanilla. Toss together and pour the mixture into the baking dish or dishes. Sprinkle with the chocolate chips.
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Use the same now empty bowl, add the oats, brown sugar, flour, cinnamon and salt and whisk together. Use your fingers to add in the softened butter, crumbling it together until it's evenly distributed. Sprinkle the crisp over the the bananas and place the baking dish or dishes on a cookie sheet. Bake for 20-25 minutes, until the crisps are golden and fruit is bubbly.
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While the crisp is baking, make the chocolate kahlua sauce. In a microwave safe bowl add the chocolate chips, butter and honey. Microwave on 30 second intervals, stirring after each until the chocolate is melted, this took me only 1 minute. You may also melt the chocolate in a small pot over the stove. To the melted chocolate stir in the Kahlua and vanilla until the sauce is smooth.
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When the crisps are ready, serve immediately with ice cream and a large drizzle of the Kahlua sauce.
I say breakfast, lunch or dinner. Hey, it is bananas and oatmeal after all!
Chocolate Kahlua Sauce = can we just put that over everything! It sounds so perfect on top of…anything!
And the crumbly oats, the bananas, the brown sugar, the skillet factor – all so good! Pinned!
Thank you, Averie!!!
This looks amazing! Would love for you to share at our Kitchen Fun & Crafty Friday link party! http://kitchenfunwithmy3sons.blogspot.com/2013/07/kitchen-fun-crafty-friday-link-party-74.html
Thanks Jill!
Oh man, that looks incredible. Bananas and oatmeal crumble – why haven’t I heard of this before! I do believe life just got better!
Yes! Thanks Mary!
Your photos look gorgeous Tieghan! I think you owe yourself a little break 🙂 And this looks yummalicious. Love!
Thank you, erin! I am my hardest critic!
Can’t even… Likeeeee what? Genius.
Thank you, Sophie!
Banana crisp? You melt my heart!
Thanks Steph!! Your family photos the this morning did the same!
HOLY MOLY! These look AMAZING. i want it right now..
Haha! Thank you!
How much butter for the crisp?
Opps sorry! It is 6 tablespoons of softened butter. Thanks for letting me know and I hope you love this!
I love the creativity. Oatmeal plus chocolate always equals yum!
Agree! Thanks Melanie!
And suddenly the plain oatmeal I had for breakfast seems SO depressing! This looks incredible, Tieghan! Never thought to do a banana crisp with chocolate sauce before… inspiring and delicious! Thanks for sharing & have a great weekend.
Thank you, Georgia!
Mmmmmmm this looks unreal! Thanks so much for sharing!
Thanks Jamie!
That sauce! I could bathe in it.
I know! Thank you, Jackie!
You had me at kahlua sauce! This is just… wonderful.
Thank you, Ashley!
These photos are truly delightful! They are so good, I am salivating – that sauce! Oh My!
Thank you so very much, Shashi!
You just ave my mini cast iron skillets whole new meaning.
Haha! Thanks Erin!
looks yummy!
Thank you so much, Jen!
Fourth picture down from the top totally rocks Tieghan! Oh and this recipe. It totally rocks too 🙂
Thank you so much!!!
Oh my! This sounds so amazing, Tieghan!
Thank you so much, Jamie!
This is such an awesome idea. I love bananas…I need banana crisp!
Thank you, Dorothy! Bananas are an amazing creation!
This sounds delectable and wonderful! Glad I found your blog.
Thank you so much, Nik! I am so happy you find my site too!
STOP EVERYTHING!! HOLD THE PHONE! :}
Chocolate Kahlua?!?!!!
i.love.you.
Hehe! Thanks Gwen!
Good grief – that looks good!! I once saw Ina Garten make individual warm brownies topped with ice cream and I just had to make it and was so tempted to buy a set of mini skillets for the job (just like she used and you do here). Alas…I didn’t splurge on the pans and used these brown disposable tart cups…now I wish I had so I can use it to make what you’ve got here. Love that oatmeal crumble!
Haha! Thank you so much, Monica! Those brownies sound incredible!
I’d take a bath in that. YUM. (the sauce, not the cobbler. that could be weird)
Haha! Thank you so much, Claire!
WOW, I mean, WOW. These look bomb! And so creative. Bravo!
Thank you so much, Dana!!
At first I thought, banana crisp, nooooo I don’t think so. But I read more and mroe and I ended up with my mouth watering, so this banana crisp I’m going to have to try.
Haha! YES! So glad I changed your mind! Hope you try thins and love it! Thanks Kristi!
These look sooo good! I’m definitely going to have to try them. I think the light looks great in that first photo, I definitely pinned it!
Thank you so much, Lindsay!
Oh my god-I loooove this! So brilliant and yummy 🙂
Hehe! Thank you so much!
Just ran across this on Foodgawker! Wow, looks incredible!
Thanks so much Lisa!! Happy to have you stop over!
Oh my goodness gracious, does this ever sound delicious! I actually think I’d prefer it over a berry crisp!
Oh yeah, dessert wise it is so much better than a berry crisp! Thank you, Katie!!
This is heavenly, Tieghan! You could have stopped many layers sooner and it still would have been delicious! Just hot brown sugary banana sounds great, add the oats and chips..greater, add the ice cream and Kahlua chocolate sauce…greatest! Proves that the best desserts don’t have to take all day to put together. Thanks!
Dear lord! A banana crisp?? Kahlua sauce?? Ummmmm….YES.
Thank you so much for sharing at Marvelous Mondays this week!
Thanks Carrie!
Top notch dismay – through which appears excellent!! When i the moment observed Ina Garten create human being cozy brownies capped obtaining its polar environment treatment together with I just now had to make it come to be together with looked like there was therefore certain to get many little skillets with the task (just including your spouse implemented therefore you carry out here). Alas…I didn’t waste money around the griddles together with implemented this kind of golden throw away bitter cups…now When i hope I had designed i really add the employment of them to make just the thing you’ve obtained here. Love through which encouraging tear separated!
Was looking on Google for a unique but comfort food dessert for tonight – the mister loves bananas and I love chocolate….but as soon as I seen we shared names (although spelled differently) I knew it was meant to be! Made up and in the oven as we speak – YUM!
Haha! So cool! 🙂
Hope you both LOVE these! 🙂
Hi there ! Stumbled upon your blog & recipe via Google .. This is surely too tempting to pass up.. Am gonna make it very soon and let you know how we liked it .. Many thanks !
Cheers
Kalyani
Thank you so much! Hope you love the recipe!
Tieghan, planning on making this for company Sunday night. I am wondering if I could also make this in my cast iron skillet? it’s a 12 inch. I’m just not sure if it would affect the cooking temp/time? I just think everything belongs in my skillet… you know? 🙂 thanks!
Hi! A 12 inch skillet will be great! I would bake 22-25 minutes, but I don’t have exact times as I haven’t cooked this on that size skillet. Just keep and eye on it! Please let me know if you have other questions. Hope you love this recipe! Thanks! 🙂
Tieghan: A few things! 1. I got a little nervous using the skillet instead so I trusted you and used my baking dish. 2. However- I almost ruined the whole thing! I pre measured all the ingredients so I could just throw it together after we had finished dinner. With 6 minutes left in the oven, I realized that I had 6 tbsp of butter that didn’t go into the crisp!! I frantically read through the recipe and confirmed you had 6 tbsp of butter in both the bananas part of the recipe and the crisp part of the recipe. Determined to fix it I scraped off the crisp part in order to put the butter into the bananas.. but then realized it was probably just an error in the ingredients list! So I just scraped the crisp back onto the bananas and finished baking it. I’m assuming you didn’t mean to include butter in with the bananas? 3. My guests LOVED this!!! Ahhh so good. I’m glad I didn’t screw it up. Thanks!!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂
Oh no! So sorry for the trouble, but so glad it all turned out ok! I am going to look over the recipe now and make sure it looks good! Please let me know if you have other questions. Glad you love this recipe! Thanks! 🙂
Do you put butter with the bananas, it’s in the ingredients list but not in the directs.
Hi Shenna,
So sorry about that, yes add the butter with the bananas. I hope you love the recipe! xTieghan