Cream Cheese Banana Bread

This banana bread with cream cheese filling is sweeter and richer than typical quick bread and makes a quick on-the-go breakfast or casual dessert.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 50 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins
• Calories: 381 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 large egg
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 ripe bananas
• cooking spray
• 1 (4 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 0.5 teaspoon baking soda
• 0.25 cup sour cream
• 0.5 teaspoon salt
• 0.5 teaspoon baking powder
• 0.5 cup unsalted butter, melted
• 0.25 cup white sugar
• 0.5 cup light brown sugar

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.

Step 2

Make bread: Combine melted butter, brown sugar, egg, sour cream, white sugar, and vanilla in a large bowl; whisk until smooth. Mash in bananas using a fork. Whisk in flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt until just combined.

Step 3

Make filling: Whisk together cream cheese, egg, white sugar, and flour in a medium bowl until smooth.

Step 4

Pour 1/2 of the banana batter into the prepared loaf pan. Spread with cream cheese filling. Pour remaining banana batter on top.

Step 5

Bake in the preheated oven until top is firm and bounces back when gently pressed, about 50 minutes. Cool in the pan for about 5 minutes.