Snickerdoodle Banana Bread combines two classic favorites into one delicious loaf. Ripe bananas make the bread moist and tender, while brown sugar, cinnamon, and cream of tartar give it the familiar flavor of a snickerdoodle cookie.
The cinnamon-sugar mixture is layered throughout the batter and sprinkled over the top before baking, creating little pockets of warm cinnamon sweetness in every slice and a lightly crisp topping.
This is an easy banana bread that comes together quickly and makes a wonderful breakfast, snack, or sweet treat with a cup of coffee. It’s also a great way to use up those ripe bananas sitting on the counter.
Snickerdoodle Banana Bread
Ingredients
- 3 each bananas ripe and mashed
- ⅓ cup butter melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 each egg large
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- Pinch salt
- ½ cup sugar granulated
- 1 cup flour all purpose
- ½ cup brown sugar packed
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
For the Topping:
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9 X 5 loaf pan.
- In a large bowl, combine the mashed bananas with melted butter. Stir in the vanilla extract, and eggs until smooth.
- Add the granulated sugar, brown sugar, baking soda, salt, cream of tartar, and cinnamon. Stir until well combined.
- Gently fold in the flour until just incorporated. Avoid over-mixing.
- In a small bowl, mix together the sugar and cinnamon for the topping.
- Pour half of the banana bread batter into the prepared loaf pan. sprinkle half of the cinnamon-sugar mixture over it. Add the remaining batter on top and sprinkle the rest of the cinnamon-sugar mixture.
- Bake in the preheated over for 55-65 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the bread comes out clean.
- Allow the bread to cool in the pan for about 10 minutes, then transfer it to a wire rack to cool completed.
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