BEST EVER BANANA BREAD WITH CINNAMON CRUNCH RECIPE
Truly the best banana bread you’ll ever eat: perfectly balanced in flavor, ultra moist without being dense, and topped off with a yummy cinnamon crunch.
Yield:10-12 servings
- Prep Time:
- 20 mins
- Cook Time:
- 50 mins
- Total Time:
- 1 hr, 10 mins
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter (113g)
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar (55g)
- 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar (100g)
- 2 eggs, cold
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3 large extra ripe bananas, mashed (about 400g)
- 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour (195g)
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup sour cream (120g) – can be substituted with yogurt
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon + 1 tbsp sugar for the cinnamon crunch (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F and prep a loaf pan with parchment paper and butter
- Melt the butter in a nonstick saucepan and stir over medium-low heat until it melts and turns brown and fragrant
- Turn the heat to the lowest flame, add the granulated and brown sugars, and stir for 1-2 minutes
- Remove from heat and wait ~5 minutes. Then add the eggs and vanilla and whisk for 1-2 minutes until a smooth, silky mixture forms
- Add the mashed bananas and mix until combined
- Sift in the flour, baking soda and salt, and fold gently until mixed in
- Lastly, fold in the sour cream
- Pour the batter into the prepped loaf pan, and sprinkle over the cinnamon sugar mixture
- Bake for ~50 or so minutes until the banana bread is cooked through
- Rest for 20 minutes in the loaf pan before turning out and enjoy!