Bates Banana Bread

It will cool and then be gone, so be prepared to double the recipe or make more. This is by far the best banana bread I have ever had. The banana bread is better if the bananas are extra ripe!

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 45 mins
• Total Time: 60 mins
• Calories: 182 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• ½ cup butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ cup white sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• ½ cup milk
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ⅓ cup all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• ¼ cup unsalted butter, cubed
• 1 ¼ cups brown sugar
• 5 very ripe bananas, mashed

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a large loaf pan.

Step 2

Mash together the brown sugar and 1/2 cup of softened butter until smooth and creamy in a large bowl; beat in the eggs. In a bowl, combine the mashed bananas with lemon juice, and add them to the butter-sugar mixture. Beat in the milk and vanilla extract until smooth.

Step 3

In a bowl, whisk together 2 1/2 cups of flour, baking soda, salt, and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon. Mix the flour mixture into the banana mixture in 2 or 3 increments, beating well after each addition. Scrape the batter into the prepared loaf pan.

Step 4

Mix together the white sugar, 1/3 cup of flour, 1/4 cup of unsalted butter, and 1 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon with a fork until the mixture is crumbly. Spoon the crumble mixture over the loaf.

Step 5

Bake in the preheated oven until the bread is lightly browned and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 45 minutes to 1 hour.