Cinnamon Sugar Banana Bread Recipe - Crunchy Creamy Sweet (2024)

Cinnamon Sugar Banana Bread Recipe - perfectly moist and delicious banana bread brushed with melted butter and sprinkled with cinnamon sugar. Perfect use for overripe bananas!

My favorite banana bread makes an appearance on our kitchen table every week. This time, I brushed the top with melted butter and sprinkled it with cinnamon sugar. It's easy and you can whip it up in no time. No mixer needed! Just a bowl, whisk and a measuring cup. Bonus - you can make it into muffins too for an even easier grab-and-go breakfast or snack.

HOW TO MAKE THE BEST BANANA BREAD?

There are a few things that make good banana bread. Very ripe and sweet bananas and sour cream.

• The sweeter your bananas (the more brown their skin is), the less sugar you need in the batter and the sweeter and more yummy the bread will be. My standard banana bread recipe uses ¾ cup of brown sugar but because for this Cinnamon Sugar Banana Bread I used very ripe bananas, I scaled it down to ½ cup. I think you could use even less.
• The sour cream (or you can use Greek yogurt) make a bread with a tender crumb. It gives it a slight tang and ensures the moist and tender texture. I always bake with buttermilk or sour cream for that purpose. It's just irresistible! This recipe has a perfect balance of dry and wet ingredients, that's why the top is not flat or sunken ( you don't want that! ), but raised and cracked. The bread cooks perfectly all the way through, no uncooked, raw spots in sight.

HOW TO TOP BANANA BREAD?

This recipe can be your go-to banana bread recipe. You can brush the top with butter and cinnamon sugar or drizzle it with cream cheese glaze. Craving chocolate? Add ½ cup of semi-sweet or milk chocolate chips, or chunks of chopped chocolate bar to the batter. You can also make a cinnamon swirl like I did in my Blender Banana Bread. Feel free to add dried fruit and nuts, if you like. You can spread cinnamon butter over a slice and devour. However you make it, it will be delicious!

HOW TO STORE BANANA BREAD?

I pack already sliced bread into a ziploc bag or keep it in aluminum foil loaf pan and take with us on road trips. It is also perfect to add to your lunchbox or as an after-school snack. It will stay moist and delicious for up to 3 days if kept covered.

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