Caramelized Banana Bread with Brown Butter Glaze

This recipe is one that I found in Cooking Light a few years ago and have loved ever since. It is THE BEST banana bread you will ever have. Seriously. So so good.  I've tweaked it a little to help it be a tiny bit closer to our real food rules (although it's still cheating a little bit because of the sugar). But you honestly cannot tell the difference. You would never know that it's made with whole wheat flour!

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Wanna make it yourself?? You know you do!   Here's the recipe... Ingredients: -6 tbsp butter, divided in half -1/2 cup packed brown sugar -3 very ripe bananas, cut into pieces -1/2 cup buttermilk -2 tbsp olive oil -2 tbsp gold rum -2 eggs -2 cups white whole wheat flour (I use Trader Joe's brand) -3/4 tsp baking soda -1 tsp pumpkin pie spice -1/2 tsp salt -1 1/4 cup powdered sugar -1 tbsp half and half Directions: -Preheat oven to 350* -Melt 3 tbsp butter in a medium (10 inch) skillet over medium-high heat. Add brown sugar and bananas. Sauté for 4 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and let cool for 5 minutes. Once slightly cooled, place mixture in a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer. Beat with a hand beater or in the stand mixer at medium speed until mostly smooth, about 2 minutes. -In a medium bowl, combine buttermilk, olive oil, rum, and eggs.  -In another medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice, and salt. -Add flour mixture and buttermilk mixture alternately to the banana mixture. Starting and ending with flour mixture. Beat at a low speed until just combined. -Scrape batter into a buttered and floured 9x5 loaf pan. Bake for 45-60 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out with moist crumbs clinging to it.  -Cool for 10 minutes, then remove from pan and cool completely. -To make the glaze, melt the remaining 3 tbsp of butter in a medium skillet over medium high heat. Cook for three minutes until butter begins to brown, swirling the pan to prevent burning. Remove from heat. Add powdered sugar and half&half, and whisk until smooth. Pour over cooled bread and let stand until glaze hardens, about 1 hour. One piece of advice? DON'T SKIP THE GLAZE!!! That stuff is worth it's weight in gold and is a huge part of what makes this bread so delish!

***I would love to hear if you end up making this bread. You definitely won't regret it!!!***