Cinnamon Swirl Banana Bread **Explored**
February 21, 2016
Ambrosial:
[am-broh-zhuh l]
adjective
1. exceptionally pleasing to taste or smell; especially delicious or fragrant.
2. worthy of the gods; divine.
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It's been a busy morning in the kitchen, started around 6am to make this for today's Sweet Sunday & for snacks throughout the week. While this was in the oven, I started on the soup for tonight's dinner.
Luckily for me, the soup I'd decided on was minimal effort and came together rather quickly and is simmering on low for family dinner later this evening!
So for those interested, I found this recipe at Sally's Baking Addiction.
Recipe:
Ingredients:
Banana Bread
- 2 cups of white whole wheat flour (or all-purpose flour)
- 3/4 teaspoon of baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon of salt
- 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup of light brown sugar, not packed
- 4 Tablespoons of unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
- 2 large eggs
- 1 and 1/2 cups of mashed very ripe banana (about 3 bananas)
- 1/3 cup of plain or vanilla yogurt (I used greek vanilla bean yogurt)
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
Cinnamon Swirl
- 1/4 cup of granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
Simple Glaze
- 1/2 cup of powdered sugar, sifted
- 1 Tablespoon of heavy cream (or half-and-half or milk)
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350F. Spray a 9×5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray. Set aside.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Set aside.
3. In a separate large bowl, beat the brown sugar and butter with a stand or handheld mixer on medium speed until well blended – about 1 minute. 4. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
5. With a wooden spoon, stir in the mashed banana, yogurt, and vanilla.
6. Slowly add in the dry ingredients. Batter will be thick. (I just dumped them all in once, and it seemed to work out okay, just needed a little more folding)
7. Pour half of the batter into prepared loaf pan. 8. Sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar swirl ingredients. 9. Top with remaining batter.
10. Bake for 40-45 minutes (50-55 minutes if your oven sucks) or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
11. Cool 15 minutes in the pan on a wire rack. Remove from pan and cool completely on the wire rack.
12. While the bread is cooling, make the glaze in a small bowl by combining the powdered sugar and heavy cream. Add more powdered sugar or cream until you reached desired thickness.
13. Drizzle over banana bread.
Hope everyone has had a good day.
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Cinnamon Swirl Banana Bread **Explored**
February 21, 2016
Ambrosial:
[am-broh-zhuh l]
adjective
1. exceptionally pleasing to taste or smell; especially delicious or fragrant.
2. worthy of the gods; divine.
-----
It's been a busy morning in the kitchen, started around 6am to make this for today's Sweet Sunday & for snacks throughout the week. While this was in the oven, I started on the soup for tonight's dinner.
Luckily for me, the soup I'd decided on was minimal effort and came together rather quickly and is simmering on low for family dinner later this evening!
So for those interested, I found this recipe at Sally's Baking Addiction.
Recipe:
Ingredients:
Banana Bread
- 2 cups of white whole wheat flour (or all-purpose flour)
- 3/4 teaspoon of baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon of salt
- 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup of light brown sugar, not packed
- 4 Tablespoons of unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
- 2 large eggs
- 1 and 1/2 cups of mashed very ripe banana (about 3 bananas)
- 1/3 cup of plain or vanilla yogurt (I used greek vanilla bean yogurt)
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
Cinnamon Swirl
- 1/4 cup of granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
Simple Glaze
- 1/2 cup of powdered sugar, sifted
- 1 Tablespoon of heavy cream (or half-and-half or milk)
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350F. Spray a 9×5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray. Set aside.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Set aside.
3. In a separate large bowl, beat the brown sugar and butter with a stand or handheld mixer on medium speed until well blended – about 1 minute. 4. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
5. With a wooden spoon, stir in the mashed banana, yogurt, and vanilla.
6. Slowly add in the dry ingredients. Batter will be thick. (I just dumped them all in once, and it seemed to work out okay, just needed a little more folding)
7. Pour half of the batter into prepared loaf pan. 8. Sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar swirl ingredients. 9. Top with remaining batter.
10. Bake for 40-45 minutes (50-55 minutes if your oven sucks) or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
11. Cool 15 minutes in the pan on a wire rack. Remove from pan and cool completely on the wire rack.
12. While the bread is cooling, make the glaze in a small bowl by combining the powdered sugar and heavy cream. Add more powdered sugar or cream until you reached desired thickness.
13. Drizzle over banana bread.
Hope everyone has had a good day.
Click "L" for a larger view.