# do I thaw frozen bananas?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 18, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-thaw-frozen-bananas/547146 "2010-07-18T19:34:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-thaw-frozen-bananas/547146/1 "2010-07-18T19:34:48Z")

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we had too many bananas to use, so we froze some. Mrs Piper wants to make some banana muffins - do we thaw them first, or can we just mash them up as is?

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**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-thaw-frozen-bananas/547146/2 "2010-07-18T19:41:57Z")

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After they thaw, the will squeeze like paste out of the skin. Basically, it will be semi-liquid pulp. Convenient, that. 🙂 In other words – thaw, no mash. 🙂

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**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-thaw-frozen-bananas/547146/3 "2010-07-18T19:45:44Z")

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If you’re baking something with leavening (banana muffins, quick bread, yeast bread), it will probably be best if you leave them thaw. Your muffins will raise a bit higher.

Personally, I like to begin baking with all ingrediants at room temp. YMMV.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-thaw-frozen-bananas/547146/4 "2010-07-19T03:42:00Z")

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The only way I’d leave them frozen is if I was going to eat them straight, as they’re rather good that way.

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**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-thaw-frozen-bananas/547146/5 "2010-07-19T05:38:53Z")

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> do I thaw frozen bananas?

I don’t know. How hot are you?