Best Peanut Butter Streusel Topped Cream Cheese Banana Nut Bread Recipes

STREUSEL-TOPPED BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly spray 9x5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
• In small bowl, stir together Streusel ingredients except butter. Pinch pieces of butter into flour mixture until crumbly and looks like wet sand. Refrigerate.
• In large bowl, mix mashed bananas, melted and cooled butter, 1 cup sugar, the egg, milk and vanilla to combine. In another small bowl, stir together 1 1/2 cups flour, the baking powder, salt and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Fold banana mixture into flour mixture just until combined, taking care not to over mix. Spread batter in loaf pan, smoothing top. Sprinkle streusel evenly over top.
• Bake in center of oven about 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on cooling rack 5 minutes. Remove from pan; cool at least 15 minutes before slicing.

STREUSEL BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees with a rack in lower third. Butter a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan; line with parchment, leaving a 1-inch overhang on long sides. In a bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt. Stir in butter and pecans until small clumps form and mixture is evenly moistened. (Streusel can be made ahead and refrigerated, covered, up to 3 days.)
• In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt. In another bowl, whisk together butter, granulated sugar, eggs, vanilla, and buttermilk; stir in bananas. Make a well in flour mixture and pour banana mixture in. Stir together until just combined (do not overmix). Spoon half of batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle half of streusel evenly over batter. Add remaining batter, then sprinkle remaining streusel evenly over top.
• Bake until golden brown and a tester inserted in center comes out clean, about 1 hour, 20 minutes. (If top is browning too quickly, tent with foil.) Let cool in pan 20 minutes, then transfer using parchment to a wire rack. Let cool completely before serving.

PEANUT BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• In a small bowl, stir the flour, brown sugar, peanut butter and cinnamon until crumbly; set aside. , In a large bowl, cream the butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in bananas and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and cinnamon; stir into creamed mixture just until moistened., Divide half of the batter between two greased 8x4-in. loaf pans; sprinkle with half of the topping. Top with chocolate chips. Repeat layers of batter and topping., Bake at 350° for 45-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.

CREAM CHEESE BANANA-NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with electric mixer until creamy.
• Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until just blended.
• Combine flour, baking powder and soda, and salt.
• Gradually add this to butter mixture beating at low speed just until blended.
• Stir in bananas, pecans, and vanilla.
• Spoon batter into 2 greased and floured loaf pans (or 4 mini loaf pans).
• Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• You may need to shield the top with foil for last 15 minutes to prevent browning.
• Cool bread in pans for 10 minutes, remove from pan, and let cool additional 30 minutes.

STREUSEL TOPPED BANANA NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Combine first three ingredients for streusel topping.
• Cut in butter with a pastry blender until crumbly.
• Chill streusel.
• Beat banana and next 3 ingredients in a large mixing bowl just until smooth.
• Don't overmix.
• Combine dry ingredients.
• Add to banana mixture
• Stir just until moistened.
• Stir in pecans and vanilla.
• Spoon batter into (3) (5-3/4 x 3-1/4 inch) greased disposable mini loaf pans or Can use regular size loaf pans but will only make 2.
• Sprinkle each loaf evenly with streusel topping.
• Bake at 350 for 35 min or until knife comes out fairly clean.
• Cool in pans on wire rack 5 minute Remove and continue to cool on wire rack.
• You can put back in pans for gift giving.
• (I omit the step of taking out of pans and it has worked out fine).

CREAM CHEESE-BANANA-NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with electric mixer, until creamy.
• Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended after each addition.
• Combine flour and next 3 ingredients; gradually add to butter mixture, beating at low speed just until blended.
• Stir in bananas, pecans, and vanilla.
• Spoon batter into 2 greased and floured 8 x 4 inch loafpans.
• Bake at 350º for 1 hour, or until tests clean. (Shield with foil the last 15 minutes to prevent browning, if necessary.
• Cool bread in pans on wire racks 10 minutes.
• Remove from pans, and cool 30 minutes on wire racks before slicing.
• Orange Pecan Topping:.
• Sprinkle pecans over batter before baking.
• Cool bread 10 minutes, remove from pans.
• Stir together sugar, orange juice and orange rind.
• Drizzle evenly over warm bread.
• Cinnamon-Crisp Topping.
• Stir together brown sugar, toasted pecans, flour, melted butter and cinnamon.
• Sprinle mixture evenly over batter.
• Bake and cool bread.

CRISPY CINNAMON STREUSEL BANANA NUT CREAM CHEESE BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350º.
• Beat butter and cream cheese together with an electric mixer until creamy.
• Add sugar, gradually, and beat until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, and beat until blended.
• Gradually add flour and next three ingredients to butter mixture, beating at low until just blended.
• Stir in bananas, pecans, and vanilla.
• Spoon batter into 2 greased and floured 8x4 loafpans.
• Batter will be thick.
• For streusel: Stir together 1/2 cup packed brown sugar, 1/2 cup chopped toasted pecans, 1 tablespoon flour, 1 tablespoon melted butter, and 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon.
• Sprinkle mixture evenly over batter in pans.
• Bake for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Bread may be shielded with aluminum foil that last 15 minutes to prevent excessive browning of streusel.
• Cool in pans on wire rack for 10 minutes.
• Remove from pans and cool 30 more minutes before slicing.
• For perfect slices, cut with a serrated or electric knife after cooling.

STREUSEL-TOPPED BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F; grease three (3) 5 3/4 X 3 1/4 x 2 inch disposable mini-loaf pans (2 8 1/2 X 4 1/2 loaf pans can be used as well).
• Mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon in a bowl.
• Beat bananas, eggs, sugar and butter in a large bowl until smooth.
• On low speed, gradually beat in flour mixture.
• Divide among the prepared pans.
• Streusel: Mix flour, sugar, butter, nutmeg and cinnamon in bowl with a fork until crumbly.
• Sprinkle evenly over batter.
• Bake in 350°F oven 30 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
• If streusel is browning too quickly, cover loosely with foil.
• Cool cakes in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes.
• Remove cakes from pans to racks to cool completely.