Coffee Cake Banana Bread

Coffee Cake Banana Bread

Prep: 25 minutes
Cook: 40 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes

Makes: 2 Loaves

Ingredients:

Bread

• 3-4 medium or large bananas
• 2 Tbsp brown sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 cup butter softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 Tbsp sour cream or Greek yogurt

Crumb Topping

• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 6 Tbsp butter, cold

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350. Grease two 8x4 pans. (I did 1 8x4 pan and 1 regular size muffin tin pan)
2. In a small bowl, mash bananas, brown sugar, vanilla extract, and ground cinnamon. 
3. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
4. Add in eggs and beat until mixed.
5. To the wet ingredients, sift in flour, baking soda, and salt.
6. Stir until just combined. Add in sour cream and stir.
7. Pour in mashed bananas, and mix until combined.

Crumb Topping:

1. Combine cinnamon, flour, and brown sugar. Cut in butter with a pastry cutter, and mix until the topping looks like coarse crumbs. Sprinkle coating evenly over the batter in both pans.
2. Bake for about 35-40 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean with just a few moist crumbs stuck to it.
3. Allow to cool for 10 minutes. Move to a wire cooling rack.
4. Slice and enjoy!

~Mikaila

Banana Bread using Brown Sugar

Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 1 Hour


Ingredients:

• 4 large very ripe bananas
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup buttermilk
• 2 cups flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Directions:

1. Preheat your oven to 350°F
2. Lightly grease loaf pan
3. Melt butter on stove top or in microwave (place paper towel above butter dish if doing it in the microwave.
4. In a large mixing bowl, Add ripe bananas mashing with back of fork. Add the butter and sugar mixing well. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Mix in the vanilla extract.
5. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir with a whisk. Add to banana mixture until flour is incoporated, taking care not to overwork the batter. Stir in the walnuts, if using.
6. Transfer the batter to the prepared pan and bake at 350°F for 45 to 65 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with a few dry crumbs.
7. Cool the bread in the pan for 30 minutes. Remove the bread and cool completely on a wire rack.

Make ahead tips:

• The bread will stay fresh in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days or in the refrigerator for up to 10 days.
• Baked and cooled bread can be frozen for up to 3 months. Thaw in the refrigerator overnight.

Blueberry Banana Bread

Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 35 minutes
Yield: 4 mini loaves or 1 regular loaf

Ingredients:

• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1/4 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 ripe bananas, mashed
• 1 cup blueberries

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly coat four 5 3/4-inch mini loaf pans with nonstick spray.
2. In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
3. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter and sugar on medium-high until light and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes. Beat in eggs, buttermilk and vanilla until well combined. Beat in bananas until well combined. Gradually add flour mixture to the sugar mixture at low speed, beating just until incorporated.
4. Add blueberries and gently toss to combine.
5. Scoop the batter evenly into the loaf pans. Place into oven and bake for 30-35 minutes, or until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
6. Remove from oven and let cool for 15 minutes before inverting the cake onto a wire rack.

*Instead of using 4 mini loaf pans you can use 1 regular loaf pan and cook for 1 hour.

~Adapted from damndelicious.net