Cinnamon-Swirl Banana Bread

By Addie

This... is the most amazing banana bread. No nuts required! Although, you can add them if you prefer. You can even add chocolate chips! It's very flavorful and moist with a bit of a slight crunch from the topping. If you're a fan of cinnamon sugar, I'd highly recommend it! I already made it twice in a week. My dad just had oral surgery, which means he can't really eat much. I made this for him to keep him from being bored to death eating solely mashed potatoes and soup. Make sure to use overly ripe bananas-- it makes a difference!

Ingredients

• For Swirl:
• 3 over-ripe bananas, smashed up
• 1/3 cup melted butter
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp baking soda
• Dash of salt
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• ...................................
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 tbsp cinnamon

Preparation

Step 1

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a loaf pan. This recipes is for a 9x5 loaf pan. Can use smaller, just adjust cooking time.

2. Mix bananas, butter, sugar, egg, and vanilla together. Sprinkle baking soda and salt around on top of the banana mixture. Then gently stir in flour. Be careful not to overmix.

3. In a small bowl mix together the 1/3 cup sugar and 1 tbsp of cinnamon

4. Add 1/2 of the batter to the loaf pan then sprinkle about half of the cinnamon sugar mix (I didn't use quite half). Add the rest of the batter and then sprinkle cinnamon sugar on top.

5. Bake for 50-60 minutes (depending on loaf pan size).

6. Cool for 10 minutes on cooling rack.