How not to bake banana bread...

Not once in my life has anyone confused me with Betty Crocker... or Heidi Klum for that matter.

Today I decided it was time to clean out the freezer because gosh, darn it, almost every time I open that thing a frozen banana falls out and lands on my toe.  I don't know what is worse?  Child birth or frozen banana toes! 

Ok... so labor pains hurt a lot more...

Anyway, I started cleaning out the freezer and can you guess how many black, frozen bananas I found in there?!

SEVENTEEN!

So I rounded up the girls and trudged us to the store to buy a dozen eggs, 12 cups of flour, 6 cups of sugar, 6 sticks of butter, 6 cups of milk and a bag of coconut M&Ms because they taste really good. :)

Yes folks, these are all the ingredients necessary to make 12 loaves of banana bread.

What was I thinking?

Especially when I only own 2 loaf pans.

Yep, right here... big dummy.

Here is my sous chef feeding herself Cheerios with a spoon.

Such talent!  Such cuteness!!

Anyway, do you know what makes me an even bigger dummy?

I actually thought I could make the batter for all 12 loaves in one bowl.

My mixer couldn't reach the bottom of the bowl and each time I tried to stir by hand the batter sloshed over the side.

Thank goodness I have a sense of humor because I laughed at myself through the entire process.

And what made me laugh at myself even harder?

I gave up trying to make 12 loaves of banana bread using only 2 loaf pans and instead opted for 9x13 pans.

A culinary experience to remember for sure.