Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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   2                    firm-ripe bananas
     1/4  stick         unsalted butter -- melted and cooled
   3      tablespoons   brown sugar -- firmly packed
                        hot chocolate sauce:
     1/4  pound         good quality chocolate -- chopped
     1/2  teaspoon      cinnamon
     1/3  cup           half-and-half
                        ***ACCOMPANIMENTS***
                        good quality vanilla ice cream

Preparation:

Preheat grill pan. Peel bananas and halve lengthwise. In a shallow baking pan large enough to hold bananas in one layer stir together butter and brown sugar and add bananas, tossing gently to coat. Transfer bananas with a metal spatula to an oiled grill pan and grill until browned and cooked through, about 2 minutes on each side. ( If bananas are difficult to handle you may grill them on 1 side only.) In a heavy saucepan chopped chocolate, cinnamon and half and half over low heat, stirring frequently, until chocolate is melted. Serve bananas like a banana split with ice cream and chocolate sauce.