Cinnamon Swirl Banana Bread

Cinnamon Swirl Banana Bread

 When you have a few bananas sitting on your counter getting over ripe, what is the first thing you think about making?????? Banana bread of course. We love banana bread around here. I have made a few different kinds of banana bread over the years. Our favorite is peanut butter banana bread and chocolate banana bread, then I ran across this recipe for cinnamon swirl banana bread. Oh my gosh, this bread is right up there with our favorites.

 

 There is a swirl of cinnamon running through this bread and a crunchy cinnamon sugar topping that is heaven. It smells wonderful as it is cooking and tastes even better still warm out of the oven with a slathering of butter.

  Cinnamon Swirl Banana Bread, adapted from Sallys baking addiction

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour

3/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 cup light brown sugar, not packed

4 Tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature

2 large eggs

1 and 1/2 cups mashed very ripe banana (about 3 bananas)

1/3 cup sour cream or plain yogurt

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Cinnamon Swirl

1/4 cup sugar

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions

Preheat oven to 350F. Spray a 9�5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray. Set aside.

In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Set aside. In a separate large bowl, beat the brown sugar and butter with a stand or handheld mixer on medium speed until well blended � about 1 minute. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. With a wooden spoon, stir in the mashed banana, yogurt, and vanilla. Slowly add in the dry ingredients. Do NOT overmix. Batter will be thick.

Spoon half of the batter into prepared loaf pan. Sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar swirl ingredients. Top with remaining batter. Bake for 40-45 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes in the pan on a wire rack. Remove from pan and cool completely on the wire rack. Enjoy!