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Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
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Spread a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
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Top with a layer of phyllo and brush the sheet with the melted butter.
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Mix sugar and cinnamon.
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Scatter a layer of sugar across the butter coated pastry.
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Repeat with 2 more layers of pastry, then top with a final sheet of dough then cut pastry into long triangles, working from side to side of the cookie sheet, using a sharp paring knife or pizza wheel.
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Cover the pastry with another sheet of parchment paper and another cookie sheet.
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Place pastry in the hot oven and bake 15 minutes or until golden.
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Remove pastry from oven to cool.
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Begin other recipes in your menu while pastry bakes.
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When you are ready to serve dessert, heat a medium nonstick skillet over medium high heat.
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Add 2 tablespoons butter.
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When butter melts, add bananas and saute 3 minutes.
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Sprinkle with brown sugar to coat bananas.
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When sugar melts around fruit, add rum and flame it.
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Pour rum from shot glass, not from the bottle, to prevent flame ups.
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When flame goes out and alcohol has evaporated, spoon warm bananas into cocktail glasses.
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Top with small scoops of French vanilla ice cream and garnish with phyllo triangles.
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Serve extra triangles on a pretty plate for sweet snacking.
