Banana Bread

I picked my niece up from daycare last Friday. The owner of the day care smiles and says, “I have bananas that would be perfect for banana bread!” Here’s the back story. Months ago I noticed her bananas had turned brown. I mentioned she should make banana bread with them. She says no, but offers them to me and my niece. We take them home and make bread for the the next week. The kids loved the bread! So basically, now we are the keepers of over ripe bananas to turn them into banana bread and proof “no good deed goes unpunished!”

We had six ripe and very ready to go bananas. I looked in the pantry and realized we were low on canola oil and then when I glanced in the fridge we were low on eggs.  I remembered a client saying that they have substituted mayonnaise for egg and oil in cake mixes before. This practice dates back to World War II when baking ingredients were scarce.

If you know me you know I loathe mayonnaise and eggs. I’m near gagging as I type this. It’s no wonder I hate mayo, it’s made up of oil and eggs!!! So I looked up on the inter webs how to convert the mayonnaise to eggs for recipes. Below is the recipe I used for Banana Bread when you do not have the correct ingredients.


MAYO BANANA BREAD

3 very ripe bananas (mashed)
1/2 cup heaping scoop of real mayonnaise (nothing else will do)
1 egg with the cordy thing removed
1/2 cup firm packed brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1/8 tsp cinnamon
One shake ground ginger
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp pink salt
1 1/2 cup flour

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. In a large bowl blend together the mashed bananas, (gag) Mayo and egg. Mix together until combined. Add. The sugars and mix well. Then add dry ingredients and stir by hand until  all dry items are incorporated.

Pour the mixture into two  medium loaf pans or Two 12 count lined  muffin tins. With his recipe I poured half in a loaf pan and made muffins out of the rest of the batter. The loaf took a little over an hour and the muffins approximately 25-30 minutes. Be sure to test with a tooth pick.



Optional additions:
Diced strawberries
Chocolate chips
Pecans
Walnuts