Banana Bread with Chocolate Glaze

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda 
• 1.7 cups banana ripe mashed ( 3 bananas)
• 0.3 cup butter softened
• 2 large egg whites 
• 0.3 cup skim milk fat-free
• 2.5 tablespoons half and half 
• 0.3 cup cream sour reduced-fat
• 0.5 teaspoon salt 
• 2 ounces bittersweet chocolate finely chopped
• 1 cup sugar 
• 2 cups flour all-purpose

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• oven
• knife
• whisk
• wire rack
• blender
• loaf pan
• microwave
• measuring cup

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 35
2. Combine sugar and butter in a bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended.
3. Add banana, milk, sour cream, and egg whites.
4. Weigh or lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife.
5. Combine flour, baking soda, and salt, stirring with a whisk.
6. Add flour mixture to banana mixture; beat just until blended (do not overbeat). Spoon batter into a 9 x 5-inch metal loaf pan coated with cooking spray.
7. Bake at 350 for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool on rack.
8. Place half-and-half and chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at HIGH for 1 minute or until chocolate melts, stirring every 20 seconds. Cool slightly; drizzle over bread.