Cooking Light Bananas Foster Bread

The Best for last of course!! The final bread made from Cooking Light's 2010 issue is Bananas Foster Bread.  This recipe is the reason I wanted to make the breads in the first place.  I admit the rum was one of the reasons I wanted to make it, and how could rum not make banana bread taste better!!  Make sure to pay attention though, I read to quickly and did not add the rum when I was supposed to, and ended up just adding 2 Tbsp to the batter itself, which made the rum flavor very intense.  It was very liked, but I felt the rum was quite strong between the bread and the glaze! Either way it was a wonderful variation of banana bread!

Bananas Foster Bread:

1 ½ c mashed ripe banana

1 c packed brown sugar, divided

6 Tbsp butter, melted

1/4c dark rum, divided

1/3c plain fat free yogurt

2 lg eggs

6.75 oz all purpose flour (about 1 1/2c)

¼ c ground flaxseed

¾ tsp baking soda

½ tsp salt

½ tsp ground cinnamon

1/8 tsp ground allspice

Cooking spray

1/3 c powdered sugar

1 Tbsp 1% low-fat milk

1.       Preheat oven to 350.

2.       Combine banana, ½ c brown sugar, 5 Tbsp butter and 3 Tbsp rum in a nonstick skillet. Cook over medium heat until mixture begins to bubble. Remove from heat, cool.  Place banana mixture in a large bowl.  Add yogurt, remaining ½ c brown sugar, and eggs. Beat with a mixer at medium speed.

3.       Weigh or lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife.  Combine flour and next 5 ingredients (through ground allspice).  Add flour mixture to banana mixture, beat just until blended.

4.       Pour batter into a 9x5 inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray. 

5.       Bake at 350 for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.  Remove from oven, cool 10 minutes in pan on a wire rack.  Remove bread from pan.

6.       To prepare glaze combine remaining 1 tbsp melted butter, remaining 1 tbsp rum, and powdered sugar, stir until well blended. Drizzle over the warm bread.

Such a tasty treat!  I would definitely call this a special occasion bread, deep flavors and wonderful, I loved the way the bananas were cooked down, and cannot wait to remake it properly with the rum cooked into the bananas.  A wonderful recipe!!!

Again pictures supplied by the awesome Sis in Law.. Ashley!