Name: Sweet Banana Nut Bread With Mayo
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Ingredients: 3 medium bananas ( mashed,I use a fork); ½ cup mayo; 1 egg (well beaten); 1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring; ¾ cup sugar; 1 ½ cups self-rising flour; 1 teaspoon baking soda; ½ teaspoon salt; ½ cup pecans or walnuts (chopped); ½ cup powdered sugar; 1-2 tablespoons milk

I never cared for banana nut bread when I was young. The banana bread I always had was dry and kind of bland, and I like the sweet stuff.

So a few years ago I modified our old banana nut bread recipe and now the bread is moist, sweet, and not dry at all. I'll let you in on my secrets! There are more than one.

The bananas for your banana bread should be really ripe. Often you can buy over ripe bananas in the produce section of your grocery store. It the bananas are not ripe enough to make bread then store them for a day or two in a brown paper bag or plastic bag. To make the ripen even faster add an apple to the bag!

When you are ready to make your bread mash the banana with a fork. Mash them really well.

Sweet Banana Nut Bread With Powdered Sugar Glaze

Ingredients

Bread Ingredients

3 medium bananas mashed,I use a fork
½ cup mayo
1 egg well beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring
¾ cup sugar
1 ½ cups self-rising flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup chopped pecans or walnuts

Glaze Ingredients

½ cup powdered sugar
1-2 tablespoons milk

Instructions

Bread

Mix the mashed bananas, mayo, egg, and vanilla flavoring in a medium-sized bowl.
Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt in a two-cup measuring cup.
Mix the dry ingredients into the wet mixture and stir thoroughly. I mix my bread by hand.
Add the nuts and stir.
Spray two loaf pans with a light coating of cooking oil.
Pour the banana bread mixture into the loaf pans (or two pans roughly the size of loaf pans) and bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes. Cooking times will vary with ovens and the size of your baking pans. The banana bread is done whenever a toothpick inserted into the bread comes out clean.

Glaze

Combine powdered sugar and milk in a bowl or measuring cup and mix together.
Microwave the glaze for 10 to 15 seconds and stir.
While the bread is hot from the oven use a toothpick to poke holes all over the bread.
Spoon the glaze over the baked bread slowly so it has time to soak into the bread.

Mix everything together by hand. You can use a mixer if it is easier for you.

My tip for moist banana bread: Use a recipe like mine where the amount of ingredients is smaller than the regular banana nut bread recipe. Then divide the mixture into two pans, not one.

The bread does not take as long to cook and it will be super moist.

My tip for sweetening the banana bread: Once the bread is done coat it with a powdered sugar glaze.

Poke holes in the banana bread with toothpicks and slowly pour the glaze over the bread so it will soak into the whole loaf.

My second tip for making sweet banana bread: Use mayo instead of oil and add vanilla flavoring!

Now I love banana nut bread because it is sweet and moist. Our oldest granddaughter loves this bread too, so each time I make this recipe I give her one of the loaves to take home.

Then I usually send a few slices to our next door neighbor.

The hubby and I don't need all that bread. Of course I could freeze some of the slices but I enjoy sharing my baked goods and also cookies and candies.