Cream Cheese Banana Bread with Sweet Cinnamon Topping

• servings: 24 servings
• active time: 25 minutes
• total time: 1 hour 25 minutes

Ingredients

3/4 cup (170 g) salted butter (softened to room temperature)

8 ounces (318 g) cream cheese (light or regular, softened to room temperature)

1 1/2 cups (318 g) granulated sugar

2 large eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup (226 g) mashed ripe bananas (about 3 large bananas)

3 cups (426 g) all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Topping:

1 tablespoon (14 g) salted butter

1 tablespoon (9 g) flour

1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons (75 g) granulated sugar

1 teaspoon cinnamon

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease two 8 1/2- by 4 1/2-inch loaf pans with cooking spray and set aside.

In a large bowl, cream together the butter, cream cheese and sugar until very light and fluffy, 2-3 minutes. Beat in the eggs, vanilla and bananas.

In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until combined.

In a small bowl, mash together the topping ingredients until combined and crumbly.

Divide the batter evenly among the prepared loaf pans. Sprinkle with the topping.

Bake for 50-60 minutes until the bread is nicely domed and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

Remove from the oven and let rest in the pans for 5-10 minutes before turning out on a cooling rack to cool completely.

Notes

434 Flour for high altitude, 235 bananas

Adjust for high altitude by reducing leavening, increase flour, increase moisture. Raise oven temp.

You could try making them in muffin tins cooking around 15-16 min.

To try gf add 1 1/2+1/4 tsp xanthan gum, reduce flour by 10% but with high altitude?

Nutrition

• Serving Size: 1 slice
• Calories: 214 kcal
• Total Fat: 10 g
• Saturated Fat: 6 g
• Cholesterol: 41 mg
• Sodium: 180 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 29 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1 g
• Total Sugars: 16 g
• Protein: 3 g