BATES BANANA BREAD

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It will cool and then be gone, so be prepared to double the recipe or make more. This is by far the best banana bread I have ever had. The banana bread is better if the bananas are extra ripe!

Provided by Anita Bates

Categories Bread Quick Bread Recipes Fruit Bread Recipes Banana Bread

Time 1h

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 15

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Ingredients

1 ¼ cups brown sugar
½ cup butter, softened
2 eggs
5 very ripe bananas, mashed
2 teaspoons lemon juice
½ cup milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ cup white sugar
⅓ cup all-purpose flour
¼ cup unsalted butter, cubed
1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a large loaf pan.
Mash together the brown sugar and 1/2 cup of softened butter until smooth and creamy in a large bowl; beat in the eggs. In a bowl, combine the mashed bananas with lemon juice, and add them to the butter-sugar mixture. Beat in the milk and vanilla extract until smooth.
In a bowl, whisk together 2 1/2 cups of flour, baking soda, salt, and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon. Mix the flour mixture into the banana mixture in 2 or 3 increments, beating well after each addition. Scrape the batter into the prepared loaf pan.
Mix together the white sugar, 1/3 cup of flour, 1/4 cup of unsalted butter, and 1 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon with a fork until the mixture is crumbly. Spoon the crumble mixture over the loaf.
Bake in the preheated oven until the bread is lightly browned and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 45 minutes to 1 hour.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 181.5 calories, Carbohydrate 29 g, Cholesterol 31.2 mg, Fat 6.5 g, Fiber 1.2 g, Protein 2.6 g, SaturatedFat 3.9 g, Sodium 187.5 mg, Sugar 14.9 g