Banana Streusel Loaf Food

STREUSEL-TOPPED BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly spray 9x5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
• In small bowl, stir together Streusel ingredients except butter. Pinch pieces of butter into flour mixture until crumbly and looks like wet sand. Refrigerate.
• In large bowl, mix mashed bananas, melted and cooled butter, 1 cup sugar, the egg, milk and vanilla to combine. In another small bowl, stir together 1 1/2 cups flour, the baking powder, salt and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Fold banana mixture into flour mixture just until combined, taking care not to over mix. Spread batter in loaf pan, smoothing top. Sprinkle streusel evenly over top.
• Bake in center of oven about 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on cooling rack 5 minutes. Remove from pan; cool at least 15 minutes before slicing.

STREUSEL-TOPPED BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F; grease three (3) 5 3/4 X 3 1/4 x 2 inch disposable mini-loaf pans (2 8 1/2 X 4 1/2 loaf pans can be used as well).
• Mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon in a bowl.
• Beat bananas, eggs, sugar and butter in a large bowl until smooth.
• On low speed, gradually beat in flour mixture.
• Divide among the prepared pans.
• Streusel: Mix flour, sugar, butter, nutmeg and cinnamon in bowl with a fork until crumbly.
• Sprinkle evenly over batter.
• Bake in 350°F oven 30 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
• If streusel is browning too quickly, cover loosely with foil.
• Cool cakes in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes.
• Remove cakes from pans to racks to cool completely.