Secret Ingredient Bananas Foster Banana Bread
What's my secret to this scrumptious bananas foster bread? I actually have two. In fact, Duke's mayonnaise is added to the batter to make the banana bread extra moist. Secondly, I let my bananas get so ripe that they're on the verge of needing to be tossed in the garbage.
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Servings: 8
Equipment
- 9- x 5-inch loaf pan
- mixing bowl set
- handheld mixer
- dry measuring cups
- wire cooling rack
- set of measuring spoons
- small skillet
- whisk
Ingredients
For the bananas foster bread:
- 1 ½ cups mashed very ripe banana (3 to 4 large bananas)
- ¾ cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- ¼ cup salted butter, melted (½ stick butter)
- 1 large egg
- ⅔ cup Duke's mayonnaise
- 3 tablespoon golden or dark rum
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 banana, sliced lengthwise
For the browned butter-rum glaze:
- 2 tablespoon salted butter
- 2 tablespoon golden or dark rum
- ½ cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease a 9- x 5-inch loaf pan. (I use vegetable shortening for greasing.)
- Beat together the mashed bananas, brown sugar, butter, egg, mayonnaise, rum, and vanilla in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth.
- Mix together the flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon in a medium bowl. Add to the banana mixture and stir just until combined.
- Pour banana mixture into the prepared pan. Top with the sliced banana, cut sides up. Bake the bread at 350°F for 1 hour and 5 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Let the bread cool in the pan on a wire rack. While the bread cools, make the browned butter-rum glaze. Cook the butter in a small skillet over medium heat for 2 to 3 minutes, swirling the pan occasionally, until the milk solids begin to brown and smell nutty.
- Remove the pan from the heat and carefully stir in the rum. Return to the heat and cook for 30 seconds to 1 minute longer to cook off the alcohol. (If using a gas burner, carefully flambé the mixture.) Transfer the glaze to a small bowl and whisk in the sugar until smooth.
- Remove the bread from the pan and drizzle with the glaze.