Cinnamon Crunch Swirled Banana Bread – made with extra-ripe bananas and vanilla and swirled with cinnamon sugar. High this candy banana bread with a sprinkle of do-it-yourself cinnamon CRUNCH topping and bake away. It’s particularly scrumptious when eaten heat, proper out of the oven! Every smooth, candy cinnamon banana slice has somewhat cinnamon crunch with each chew. Everybody loves this particular banana bread!

I haven’t been enthusiastic about creating a brand new banana bread recipe for the final couple of years. I have already got the proper recipe that I am keen on a lot. And truthfully, I don’t assume you want to overcomplicate banana bread.

It’s fairly scrumptious simply as is – or perhaps with walnuts or chocolate chips. In fact, chocolate chips are the home favourite over right here.

Due to this fact, I haven’t made banana bread in a very long time. However after I had a bunch of brown bananas staring me down the opposite week, I really had some pleasure and need to bake banana bread! The climate was gross, and it felt like the proper factor to bake!

I used to be very a lot in my autumn baking mode, as I’ve been getting ready recipes for a comfortable fall season for the final couple of weeks. My thought was to take the crunchy topping from my beloved cinnamon crunch bagels (that I used to order from Panera Bread as a child). Then, swirl it by way of my go-to best banana bread recipe. It sounded so scrumptious.

I don’t know why I haven’t considered this concept prior to now, however I believe this could be the last word banana bread recipe—as in, perhaps the one one you want!

Including a wealthy and thick cinnamon swirl and topping with crunchy chunks of cinnamon sugar ensures the yummiest banana bread!

I fell head over heels for this recipe. It’s positively a private favourite!

The Particulars

Step 1: combine the cinnamon sugar

That is simply cinnamon and sugar combined collectively, nothing fancy.

The cinnamon sugar shall be used within the center and swirled by way of the bread.

Step 2: make the banana bread batter

The star ingredient on this banana bread is simply that: overripe brown bananas. A deep, darkish brown banana or closely noticed brown banana will all the time provide the finest loaf of bread with a pleasant banana taste and sweetness.

Mash the bananas and blend with somewhat melted butter or coconut oil. Today, I’ve additionally been utilizing melted ghee, which can be nice!

Add pure maple syrup, a few eggs, and a splash of vanilla. Then, combine in some flour and baking soda to assist the bread rise, and add a touch of salt. I like to make use of a small quantity of maple syrup to sweeten this bread, however solely a small quantity.

The swirls of cinnamon sugar, along with the already candy bananas, present loads of sweetness.

When you’ve combined the dough, spoon half right into a bread pan, sprinkle the cinnamon sugar overtop, after which add the remaining dough.

Step 3: make the cinnamon crunch

The cinnamon crunch topping consists of brown sugar, cinnamon, flour, and butter combined collectively till clumps kind.

Step 4: create the layers.

Now sprinkle the cinnamon sugar from earlier within the recipe and the clumps of cinnamon crunch over the primary layer of dough.

Cowl the cinnamon with the remaining batter, then use the remaining cinnamon crunch combination on prime.

1st layer – banana batter.

2nd layer – cinnamon sugar + cinnamon CRUNCH.

third layer – one other layer of banana batter.

4th layer – a really thick layer of cinnamon CRUNCH on prime.

And then you definately bake. This banana bread will take about an hour within the oven. Because the bread bakes, the cinnamon melts into the sugar and butter, changing into good and gooey. On the identical time, the cinnamon topping begins to caramelize, changing into crunchy.

All the pieces collectively creates a DELICIOUS heat, candy, smooth, and tender banana bread.