Cinnamon Streusel Banana Bread

When life gives you a snow day and 14 ripe bananas from your freezer... what do you do?

Search Pinterest and make banana bread of course!

I of course, had to make my most FAVORITE banana bread.

It always turns out perfect!

It's the very BEST BANANA BREAD!

This was the next one I made.  Isn't it pretty??

Just as delicious as it is pretty, too!!

Cinnamon Streusel Banana Bread

found at: mykitchenescapades.com

bread:

4 ripe bananas, mashed

1/2 cup butter, melted

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 cups flour

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

streusel:

2/3 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup flour

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1 Tablespoons cold butter

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Prepare a loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray.

To prepare the streusel, combine the four ingredients in a small bowl, using a pastry blender or two knives. Mixture will be crumbly.  

Place in the refrigerator until you are ready to use.

In your mixer, beat bananas, sugar, butter, egg and vanilla.  Slowly add the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt and mix until thoroughly combined.  Spoon HALF of the batter into the loaf pan and top with HALF of the streusel  mix.  Spoon on the rest of the batter and top with remaining streusel mixture.

Bake for 65-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

Cool for about 15 minutes in the pan, then the rest of the way on a cooling rack.