Amish Banana Bread
 
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Unique and delicious spiced banana bread with a crunchy top and a soft crumb. One of the best quick breads you will ever, ever eat!
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Recipe type: Banana Bread
Serves: 3 loaves
Ingredients
  • 3 cups flour
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • ½ tsp nutmeg
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp ground cloves
  • 4-5 ripe bananas, mashed
  • ½ cup vegetable or canola oil
  • ½ cup butter softened
  • 1½ cups granulated sugar
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • cinnamon sugar for topping
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 250°
  2. Spray 3 regular or 6 miniature loaf pans with cooking spray and set aside.
  3. In a medium-sized bowl, combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and ground cloves. Mix well and set aside.
  4. Mash the overripe bananas on a large plate and combine with the vegetable oil. Set aside.
  5. In your stand mixer or in a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar.
  6. Add eggs one at a time.
  7. Add vanilla and banana mixture. Mix well.
  8. Add the flour mixture and mix until completely incorporated.
  9. Pour batter into prepared baking dishes careful not to fill each pan more than ⅔ full.
  10. Sprinkle the top of each loaf with a generous amount of cinnamon sugar.
  11. Bake at 250° (yes, that really says 250) for 1½ hours (1 hour and 15 minutes for miniature loaves). Or until toothpick inserted into center of loaf comes out clean.
Recipe by Real Life Dinner at https://reallifedinner.com/amish-banana-bread/