Cinnamon swirl banana bread
Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 10:31 am
This is my colleague's recipe.
Cinnamon Swirl Banana Bread
For the bread:
3-4 over-ripe bananas, mashed up
1/3 cup melted butter
1 cup sugar (I think I used more like 3/4 cup)
1 egg, beaten (I use large)
1 tsp vanilla essence
½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp bicarb of soda
dash of salt (not needed if butter is salted)
1 and 1/2 cups plain flour
For the swirl:
1/3 cup sugar (I used a bit less than this)
1 Tbs cinnamon (I used a bit less than this)
Preheat oven to 175 °C. Butter and line a loaf pan with greaseproof paper. Mine was 9 x 5, but you could use any sort, I suppose. Just keep a close eye on it in the oven, and adjust the time as needed.
Mix bananas, butter, sugar, egg, and vanilla together (I used wooden spoon). sprinkle baking soda and salt around on top of the banana mixture. Then gently stir in flour. Be careful not to over-mix!
In a small dish, mix together the 1/3 cup sugar and 1 Tbs cinnamon.
Add half of the batter to the loaf pan and then sprinkle a little more than half of the cinnamon-sugar mixture all over the batter in the pan. Add the rest of the batter, and then sprinkle the leftover cinnamon-sugar on top.
Bake for 50-60 minutes, but remember, if you’re using a different-sized loaf pan, be careful and keep a close eyeball on it!
Optional extras:
• Milk or dark chocolate chips (add to batter before or after flour)
• Chopped nuts
Cinnamon Swirl Banana Bread
For the bread:
3-4 over-ripe bananas, mashed up
1/3 cup melted butter
1 cup sugar (I think I used more like 3/4 cup)
1 egg, beaten (I use large)
1 tsp vanilla essence
½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp bicarb of soda
dash of salt (not needed if butter is salted)
1 and 1/2 cups plain flour
For the swirl:
1/3 cup sugar (I used a bit less than this)
1 Tbs cinnamon (I used a bit less than this)
Preheat oven to 175 °C. Butter and line a loaf pan with greaseproof paper. Mine was 9 x 5, but you could use any sort, I suppose. Just keep a close eye on it in the oven, and adjust the time as needed.
Mix bananas, butter, sugar, egg, and vanilla together (I used wooden spoon). sprinkle baking soda and salt around on top of the banana mixture. Then gently stir in flour. Be careful not to over-mix!
In a small dish, mix together the 1/3 cup sugar and 1 Tbs cinnamon.
Add half of the batter to the loaf pan and then sprinkle a little more than half of the cinnamon-sugar mixture all over the batter in the pan. Add the rest of the batter, and then sprinkle the leftover cinnamon-sugar on top.
Bake for 50-60 minutes, but remember, if you’re using a different-sized loaf pan, be careful and keep a close eyeball on it!
Optional extras:
• Milk or dark chocolate chips (add to batter before or after flour)
• Chopped nuts