This easy 5 ingredient banana jam is a delicious way of using up ripe bananas. Serve on toast, pancakes or on top of yogurt.
With a toddler in the house who likes bananas one week, and then is not keen on them the following week, we are often left with brown bananas in the fruit bowl and so I am always on the lookout for a recipe to use up overripe bananas. Usually I end up baking these no sugar banana muffins, or these vegan blueberry muffins with them, but I really wanted a no bake banana recipe to use up the ripe bananas, and that is where this jam comes in!
It is an easy jam recipe – you don’t need pectin to make it set, it thickens by itself. You cook the chopped bananas in a sugar-lime-vanilla syrup until they become soft and have taken on that toffee brown sugar flavour. Then cool, and store in a sterilised jar – that’s it!
Combining bananas with brown sugar creates a banana toffee/caramel flavour, and I love the combination of bananas and toffee! A little lime juice balances out the sweetness, and vanilla provides extra richness.
Some serving Ideas for the Banoffee jam:
- Use in this easy no bake Banoffee pie with Greek yogurt and a biscuit base
- spread on toast
- on pancakes
- dolloped on plain yogurt
- spread on scones
If you like this recipe, you might also like these recipes that use leftovers:
Berry compote – an easy recipe for using tired berries
Cauliflower Cheese scones – a great recipe for cooked cauliflower
Crispy Lamb Wraps – have dinner on the table in 15 minutes, and use up leftover roast lamb
Chicken Salad on Naan – a quick and easy recipe for leftover roast chicken
Banoffee Banana Jam
Ingredients
- 100 g | ⅔ c, packed soft brown sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 40 ml water
- 2 tsp lime juice
- 500 g ripe bananas peeled and roughly sliced into 1 cm thick disks
Instructions
- Combine the sugar, vanilla and lime juice in a small medium saucepan with 40ml water and simmer gently over a low heat until the sugar dissolves - around 5 minutes.
- Add the bananas and gently boil over a low heat for 10-15 minutes, lightly mashing the bananas with a fork and stirring often to stop the jam from sticking to the bottom of the pan.
- The jam is cooked when it is thick and dark. When you move a spoon across the bottom it should leave a trail and the jam won’t fill it in.
- Cool in the pan before serving or transfer to sterilised jar and keep in the fridge for a couple of days.
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Sarah says
Oh I have some bananas that need using up, this looks perfect. I imagine it would go wonderfully on the base of a banoffee pie 🙂
Robyn says
Thanks Sarah – it sure does go really well with banoffee pie, see my next post 🙂
Sylvie says
I had never ever thought of using ripe bananas to make jam – but it is such a clever idea!! It would make a perfect pancake topping, yum!!
Robyn says
It is delicious on pancakes! Thanks Sylvie!
Rachi says
What a great idea to do with left over banana !!!
Robyn says
Thanks Rachi!
Alex says
So many delicious uses for this wonderful Banana Jam – that is, if you can resist eating it straight from the jar. Yum!
Robyn says
Thanks Alex – yes it is pretty delicious straight from the jar too!
Meesha says
What a creative idea ! Definitely gonna try this out 🙂
Robyn says
Thanks Meesha!
Sarah James says
What a great idea, a real change to making banana bread or muffins. Can’t wait to try this.
Robyn says
Thankyou Sarah, muffins and banana bread are good, but sometimes you do need a change from them 😉
Amanda Marie Boyle says
So perfect! My toddler just decided he doesn’t like bananas after i bought three bunches! So glad to have something other than banana bread!
Robyn says
I know that occurrence well Amanda! Hope you enjoy the jam!
Sue says
I have some overripe bananas that need a recipe – looks like I found it! Toffee flavor with banana? I’m there!
Robyn says
Thanks Sue!
Emily Flint says
I had never heard of making banana jam before but it was a hit in my house! I also have a toddler who loves bananas so this was perfect!
Robyn says
Thats great to hear Emily!
Akiko says
Toffee flavored banana jam sounds absolutely divine! I love having another idea for overripe bananas. Thanks for the recipe!
Robyn says
Thankyou Akiko!
Taleen | Just As Tasty says
Everything about this looks delicious! Genius idea!
Robyn says
Thankyou Taleen
Marina says
Oh, what a great recipe for banana jam, my daughter loves it on toast in the morning
Robyn says
Thats so great so hear Marina!
Chef Dennis says
I’m definitely going to try this Banoffee Banana Jam!
Robyn says
Hope you enjoy it Dennis!
kerri says
Another great jam to add to my collection! I’ve loved making jams with my grandmother since I was a little girl, this brings me right back to those days!
Robyn says
Thanks Kerri, me too! Making jam always brings back wonderful memories.
Mama Maggie's Kitchen says
Yum! I need this in my life.
Robyn says
Thanks Maggie!
Lathiya says
Never heard of banoffee banana jam. Looks slip smacking.
Robyn says
Thanks Lathiya!