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Banana Bread Recipe

What to do with those brown bananas — cinnamon swirl banana bread, chocolate chip banana bread, banana bread cookies, overnight oats — for busy weeks.

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Cinnamon swirl banana bread

This recipe is from Baker Mama!

1 hr385 cal6 g proteinServes 122,100 saves
Nicole RenardNicole Renard

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Butter melted
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 2 Large eggs
  • 1 tsp Vanilla
  • 2 cups AP flour
  • 1 tsp Baking soda
  • 4 Ripe bananas mashed
  • 3 Tbs Butter melted
  • 3 tbs Sugar
  • 3 Tbs Dark brown sugar
  • 2 Tbs Cinnamon

Instructions

  1. 1Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease and flour a 9×5-inch loaf pan and set aside.
  2. 2In a large bowl, melt the butter and let cool slightly. Whisk in the sugar then the eggs and vanilla. Stir in the flour and baking soda. Fold in the mashed bananas until just combined.
  3. 3In a small bowl, use a fork to stir together the cinnamon sugar swirl ingredients until thick and well combined. If your swirl is too thick to swirl, add an additional tablespoon of melted butter until it is thin enough to swirl. Note: if it’s too thin, it will just spread and not hold its swirl as the loaf bakes.
  4. 4Spread 1/4 of the batter evenly into the bottom of the prepared pan. Dollop 1/4 of the cinnamon sugar mixture over the batter in the pan and then make a nice thick swirl through the batter with a table knife or bottom of a wooden spoon. Place 1/3 of the remaining batter evenly over the first layer and swirl with 1/3 of the remaining cinnamon sugar mixture. Place 1/2 of the remaining batter evenly over the second layer and swirl with 1/2 of the remaining cinnamon sugar mixture. Spread the remaining batter evenly over the top and dollop with the remaining cinnamon sugar mixture. Make large swirls throughout the entire loaf. Place six thin banana slices down the middle of the batter
  5. 5Place loaf pan on a baking sheet and bake for 60-70 minutes or until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let the bread cool in the pan for at least 30 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

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Quick Tips

  1. 1

    Use the ugliest bananas

    Wait for peels that are more brown than yellow — those mash smooth and carry most of the sweetness in the loaf.

  2. 2

    Stop stirring early

    Mix just until the flour disappears, about 10 to 12 strokes. Overmixing makes the bread tough and rubbery.

  3. 3

    Tent with foil

    If the top is dark at 35 minutes but the middle is still wet, lay foil loosely over the pan for the last 15 to 20 minutes.

  4. 4

    Cool before slicing

    Let the loaf sit in the pan 10 minutes, then finish cooling on a rack at least 30 minutes so the slices hold together.

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