happy cinnamon swirl banana bread
I put a new twist on my usual banana bread today by adding a ribbon of cinnamon spice...and look! The bread is smiling! I can't guarantee that it will turn out with a smile every time you make it unfortunately...but we can be hopeful! This make a lot...but it also freezes well! Happy Baking and Enjoy! :o)
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Ingredients
- CINNAMON SPICE
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon *pumpkin pie spice
- BREAD
- 3 1/2 cups ap flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoons *pumpkin pie spice
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 4 - eggs
- 2 1/4 cups sugar
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 3 cups bananas, mashed with 2 tsp lemon juice (approx 6 medium bananas)
- 1/3 cup sour cream
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups pecans or walnuts, chopped or broken, if desired
How To Make happy cinnamon swirl banana bread
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Step 1Preheat oven to 350. Spray 3 - 4x8 loaf pans, or 2 - 5x9 loaf pans and line bottom with parchment paper for easy removal. (Not necessary, but sometimes it sticks and rips the bottom to pieces, so I like to line the pan)
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Step 2Cinnamon Spice: Stir together sugar, cinnamon and pumpkin pie spice. Set aside.
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Step 3Bread: Sift together flour, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice, salt and set aside. Beat together eggs and sugar at medium high speed for about 3 minutes, until very thick and pale in color. Scraping bowl occasionally. Reduce speed and slowly drizzle in oil. Then add bananas, sour cream and vanilla, mixing well. Then gently mix in flour mixture, until just combined, stir in nuts, if desired.
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Step 4Reserve 1/4 cup of cinnamon spice mixture for topping. Spoon about 1" of batter into each pan, then using a teaspoon, sprinkle remaining cinnamon spice mixture over batters, pour remaining batter over cinnamon spice evenly, carefully spreading to the edges. Sprinkle reserved cinnamon spice over top of batters and bake for 45-55 minutes (50-60 minutes for larger pans) or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
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Step 5Remove from oven, allow to rest 5-10 minutes then remove from pans to cooling racks to cool completely.
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Step 6*You can replace all the pumpkin pie spice in this recipe with cinnamon if desired.
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