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!
Author: Janet Sorensen
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
Preheat oven to 250°
Spray 3 regular or 6 miniature loaf pans with cooking spray and set aside.
In a medium-sized bowl, combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and ground cloves. Mix well and set aside.
Mash the overripe bananas on a large plate and combine with the vegetable oil. Set aside.
In your stand mixer or in a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar.
Add eggs one at a time.
Add vanilla and banana mixture. Mix well.
Add the flour mixture and mix until completely incorporated.
Pour batter into prepared baking dishes careful not to fill each pan more than ⅔ full.
Sprinkle the top of each loaf with a generous amount of cinnamon sugar.
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/