Snickerdoodle Banana Bread Recipe
This Snickerdoodle Banana Bread Recipe is soft, sweet and full of warm cinnamon flavor. It mixes classic banana bread with snickerdoodle taste.
Ingredients
- 3 ripe bananas mashed
- ½ cup unsalted butter melted
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
For Cinnamon Sugar Topping
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
Preheat the oven
- Set oven to 350°F. Grease the loaf pan well. This helps bread release easily after baking.
Mash the bananas
- Place bananas in a bowl. Mash until smooth. Small lumps are fine for texture.
Mix wet ingredients
- Add melted butter, sugar, egg and vanilla. Whisk until mixture looks smooth and shiny.
Combine dry ingredients
- In another bowl, mix flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon until evenly blended.
Mix batter gently
- Add dry mixture into wet ingredients. Stir slowly until just combined. Do not overmix.
Prepare cinnamon topping
- Mix sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. This creates the classic snickerdoodle topping.
Fill the pan
- Pour batter into loaf pan. Spread evenly. Sprinkle cinnamon sugar generously on top.
Bake the bread
- Bake for fifty minutes. Check with toothpick. It should come out mostly clean.
Cool before slicing
- Let bread cool ten minutes. Remove from pan. Slice when warm or fully cooled.
Notes
- Use very ripe bananas for best sweetness.
- Do not overmix batter or bread becomes dense.
- Cover loosely if top browns too fast.
- Add nuts for extra crunch if desired.
- Measure flour correctly for soft texture.