Glazed Banana Walnut Bread

Glazed Banana Walnut Bread:

2 1/3 cups mashed overripe bananas

1/2 cup walnuts, finely chopped

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

3/4 cup brown sugar

1/4 tsp cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup butter

2 eggs, beaten

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan.

In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar. Stir in eggs and mashed bananas until well blended. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture; stir just to moisten. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.

Bake in oven for 60 - 65 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. Let the bread cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then tip the bread out of the pan onto a wire rack. Serve with a light butter spread, honey, or apricot jam.

Add either of these glazes to the top of your banana bread to keep it fresh and moist longer.

Lemon Glaze:

1 3/4 cups sugar
5 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

Or...

Heat the sugar and the lemon juice on a medium-low heat in a small sauce pan for ten minutes. Spoon lemon glaze over the top of the warm baked banana walnut bread.

Honey Glaze:
3 tablespoons frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
2 tablespoons honey

Heat the orange juice and honey in a small saucepan over a medium-low heat for ten minutes. Reduce heat; simmer until slightly thickened, about 3 minutes. Spoon over the warm baked banana walnut bread.