Description
This easy high-altitude quick bread sports a decadent cinnamon-sugar crust with an additional swirl of cinnamon inside.
Ingredients
Scale
BATTER
- 2 1/4 cups (10 oz) all-purpose flour
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 cup (4 oz) brown sugar
- 4 TB (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature (or substitute 4 TB of neutral oil such as canola or avocado)
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature
- 3–4 medium overripe bananas (about a cup and a half of mashed banana)
- 1/2 cup plain or vanilla yogurt
CINNAMON SUGAR TOPPING
- 1/4 cup (3.5 oz) granulated sugar
- 2 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°. Line a loaf pan with parchment, or grease and flour thoroughly. If making muffins, line a 12-cup standard-size muffin tin with paper liners, or grease and flour the cups.
- In a medium bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, 1 tsp cinnamon, and salt.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, or in a separate bowl if using a hand held mixer, cream butter (or oil) and brown sugar on medium speed until fluffy (if using oil, the mixture won’t get fluffy, but mix for about 2 minutes to thoroughly combine the sugar and fat).
- Add eggs one at a time, incorporating each thoroughly.
- Lower mixer speed to med-low and add mashed banana and yogurt and mix just until combined.
- Carefully stir in flour mixture just until combined (don’t overmix).
- For bread, add half the batter to prepared pan; even it out, and sprinkle half the cinnamon-sugar topping across the top. For muffins, fill cups halfway and add 1/2 tsp of cinnamon sugar to each.
- Add remaining batter to the loaf pan/muffin cups and top with the rest of the cinnamon-sugar.
- Bake for 45-50 minutes for a loaf, or 25-30 mins for muffins, until golden brown on top and a cake tester or knife comes out clean, or with a moist crumb or two.
- Allow to cool before removing from pan/tins
Keep leftovers in an airtight container for up to 3 days, or wrap tightly and freeze. Banana bread freezes best if cut into individual slices that are wrapped individually.