Apples & Bananas

With bananas stuffed in every nook and cranny of the freezer, it was high time I made some banana bread.  I will confess one of my flaws (just one of the many) is that I buy bananas as if we eat them.  While it's my goal to eat a banana every day, the bananas usually find themselves on a chilly shelf ready to become a sweet treat.  I bake banana bread so often it's become second nature to me, but never have I run out of sugar.  Until last night.  With some quick thinking, and not exactly the most in depth thinking, since I didn't even consider using brown sugar, I threw in a couple big spoonfuls of apple sauce.  The outcome was DELICIOUS.  In fact, apple sauce will make a debut in my banana bread every time now.  It made the crust almost caramelized. So if you want to add a hidden surprise in your own banana bread recipe, throw in some applesauce!!