Caramelized Banana Bread

Ingredients

• 4 Tb. butter, softened (or only 3 Tb. if not making glaze)
• 3/4 cup dark brown sugar
• 3 medium bananas, sliced
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 3 Tb. canola, vegetable or grapeseed oil
• 2 Tb. rum or gold rum
• 2 eggs
• 9 oz. (2 cups) all-purpose flour
• 3/4 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• Optional:
• 1/3 cup powdered sugar
• 2 tsp. half and half

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Heat 3 Tb. of butter in a great big skillet and melt it. At medium-high heat, add the dark brown sugar and bananas. Cook 4 minutes. Cool 10 minutes.
3. With a mixer, mix the bananas on medium until smooth.
4. In a great big bowl, mix buttermilk, oil, rum and eggs.
5. In a medium bowl, mix the flour, baking soda and salt.
6. Alternate adding the dry stuff (flour mixture) and bananas with the wet stuff (milk ingredients). Always begin and end with the flour mixture when alternating. Bake 1 hour. Cool and eat!
7. To make the glaze: Melt the 1 Tb. of butter left in a skillet over medium high for about 3 minutes. Do this in a shiny pan. You can't see the color change well in a non-stick pan. It will begin to brown. Take it off the heat. Pour in the powdered sugar and half and half. Whisk together. Pour over the bread.