Glazed Banana Bread

This morning when I noticed that my last 3 bananas were way too soft and spotty to eat, I decided to make banana bread instead of tossing them in the trash. I officially feel like a grown up now! This is a simple, easy to follow recipe and it's fairly fool-proof to end up with moist, delicious banana bread. Preheat your oven to 350 before starting.

Dry Ingredients:

2 cups wheat flour

3/4 cup light brown sugar

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

1 tsp cinnamon

Wet Ingredients:

1 1/2 cup mashed banana (about 3 regular sized bananas)

1/4 cup Greek yogurt

2 eggs 

6 tbsp butter, melted

2 tsp vanilla extract

Combine all the dry ingredients in a bowl and whisk together. Fold in the wet ingredients and then pour into a well-greased glass loaf dish. Bake at 350 for 45-50 minutes, until golden brown and toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes and prepare your glaze...

1/2 cup packed light brown sugar

1 tbsp honey

2 1/2 tbsp butter

2 tbsp heavy cream (a healthy heavy cream substitute would be mixing together 1/2 cup low-fat milk, 1 tbsp cornstarch and 1/2 tbsp whole wheat flour, which makes about 1/2 cup of heavy cream)

Combine all the ingredients into a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and let sit for about 5 minutes before pouring onto the banana bread loaf. It will set and harden. Serve warm and enjoy a delicious treat!