This easy banana bread with a cinnamon sugar middle, is a perfect to upgrade to your traditional banana bread.
My whole family loves the smell of banana bread baking in the oven, but the absolutely adore when they spot the beautiful cinnamon swirl inside the banana bread. It just makes the traditional banana bread feel a little more special and definitely yummier! Anytime I am making a loaf of banana bread I love to make a double batch. One that has the tried and true version, and the other batch some kind of fun twist. This Cinnamon Swirl bread has been our favorite twist to date.
Ingredients for Cinnamon Swirl Banana Bread
- Bananas – overripe bananas always make for the best bread
- Butter – this can be swapped for oil or your favorite dairy free butter
- Sugar – for both the batter and the swirl
- Egg – helps to build structure to the batter
- Flour – all purpose is best here, bread flour will result in a denser loaf
- Vanilla Extract – gives a slight vanilla flavor
- Baking Soda – this is what is going to make our bread rise
- Cinnamon – for the cinnamon swirl
- Milk – this can be swapped for your dairy free favorite
How to Make Banana Bread with a Cinnamon Swirl
- Preheat oven to 350.
- In a large bowl mash bananas.
- Add granulated, egg, melted butter, and vanilla extract. Mix to combine.
- Add in flour, salt, baking soda and milk. Mix to combine
- In a small bowl combine granulated sugar and cinnamon. Mix to combine.
- Add half of the batter to a greased loaf pan, sprinkle all but 2 tbsp of the cinnamon sugar mixture on top of batter. Top with remaining batter and sprinkle with remaining 2 tbsp of cinnamon sugar.
- Bake loaf for 45-50 minutes.
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Cinnamon Swirl Banana Bread
Ingredients
Banana Bread
- 2-3 bananas
- 1/2 cup butter melted
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 egg
- 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup milk
Cinnamon Swirl Middle
- 1/4 cup granulated
- 2 tbsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- In a large bowl mash bananas.
- Add granulated, egg, melted butter, and vanilla extract. Mix to combine.
- Add in flour, salt, baking soda and milk. Mix to combine
- In a small bowl combine granulated sugar and cinnamon. Mix to combine.
- Add half of the batter to a greased loaf pan, sprinkle all but 2 tbsp of the cinnamon sugar mixture on top of batter. Top with remaining batter and sprinkle with remaining 2 tbsp of cinnamon sugar.
- Bake loaf for 45-50 minutes.
This was so good and so easy to follow!