Monday, May 31, 2010

Banana Cinnamon Bread

CINNAMON SWIRL BANANA BREAD
For the bread:
4 over-ripe bananas, smooshed up
1/3 cup melted butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1 tbs cinnamon
1 tsp baking soda
dash of salt
1 1/2 cups flour
For the swirl:
2/3 cup sugar
3 Tbs cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350. Butter and four a loaf pan. Mix bananas, butter, sugar, egg, vanilla, and cinnamon together. Sprinkle baking soda and salt around on top of the banana mixture. Then gently stir in flour. {be careful to not over-mix} In a small dish, mix together the 2/3 cup sugar and 3 Tbs cinnamon. Add 1/3 of the batter to the loaf pan and then sprinkle a little less than half of the cinnamon-sugar mixture all over the batter in the pan. Add another layer of batter and then sprinkle almost all the cinnamon-sugar on top. Add the rest of the batter and then sprinkle the rest of the cinnamon sugar on top! Bake for 50-60 minutes. {but keep a close eye on it depending on your size of loaf pan!}