Banana Apple Bread
This Banana Apple Bread is an easy one bowl recipe that comes together quickly!
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Equipment
- mixing bowls
- rubber spatula
- whisk
- kitchen scale optional but recommended
- parchment paper optional
- 9x5 baking loaf pan
- blender or food processor
Ingredients
Homemade Cinnamon Apple Banana Bread
- 1 ¾ cup all purpose flour 230 g
- ½ cup unsalted butter, melted 113 g
- ½ cup dark brown sugar, packed 100 g
- ¼ cup sugar 50 g
- 2 cup freeze dried apples 35 g
- 2 large ripe bananas approximately 200 g
- 2 large eggs room temperature
- 2 tbsp sour cream, full fat room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp fine sea salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp nutmeg
- ⅛ tsp all spice
Cinnamon Apple Topping (Optional)
- ½ Honeycrisp apple, peeled and cubed
- 1 ½ tbsp sugar
- ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
Cinnamon Sugar Streusel (Optional)
- ¼ cup all purpose flour
- 2 tbsp dark brown sugar
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 2 tbsp unsalted butter very cold and cubed
- ⅛ tsp ground cinnamon
Cinnamon Sugar Topping (Optional)
- 1 ½ tbsp sugar
- ¼ tbsp ground cinnamon
Instructions
Preparing Topping (Optional)
- If preparing cinnamon sugar streusel, cube butter and place in freezer for about 5 to 10 minutes.
- Gather remaining cinnamon sugar streusel ingredients and whisk into a small bowl.
- Add very cold butter and use fork to mash / combine butter into sugars. You can also use your fingers. You want to create a crumbly texture. Place back into refrigerator once done so the butter can remain cold.
- If preparing the cinnamon sugar topping, combine into a small bowl and set aside.
- If preparing the cinnamon apple sugar topping, peel and dice apples and place on top of a paper towel to help absorb excess water. Combine sugars in a separate bowl. Set aside.
Preparing Homemade Cinnamon Apple Banana Bread
- Combine flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, all spice, baking soda and fine sea salt and sift well. Set aside.1 ¾ cup all purpose flour, 1 tsp fine sea salt, 1 tsp baking soda, 1 tsp ground cinnamon, ¼ tsp nutmeg, ⅛ tsp all spice
- In a separate bowl mash bananas until texture looks similar to applesauce.2 large ripe bananas
- Melt butter in large bowl and allow to cool.
- Combine butter, bananas, sugars, eggs, sour cream and vanilla. Whisk until well combined.½ cup unsalted butter, melted, ½ cup dark brown sugar, packed, ¼ cup sugar, 2 large eggs, 2 tbsp sour cream, full fat, 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Place freeze dried apples in blender and grind down into a powder. Add to batter and whisk well.2 cup freeze dried apples
- Add dry ingredients and whisk until the flour is just combined.
- Prepare 9x5 loaf pan with parchment paper, or butter and flour method. Add batter to loaf pan.
- Top with preferred topping (optional).
- Bake at 350 F for 50 - 60 minutes, or until tester comes out with only a few moist crumbs.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool for at least 1 hour in loaf pan. Remove from pan to continue cooling.
Notes
Weigh Your Ingredients. You will have a better chance of success with this recipe if you weigh your ingredients.
Use Ripe Bananas. Or in other words, brown spotted bananas. The bananas need to be ripe in order to work well within the batter and lend to a moist bread. Using non-ripe (green or all yellow) bananas may leave the bread tough and not as moist as it could be.
Loaf Pan. You can either butter and flour the loaf pan, or spray with baking spray and lay a piece of parchment inside. Spray with more baking spray and then add in batter.
Use an oven thermometer. They are a low cost investment and can help you keep an eye on the temperature within your oven.
Spices. I used a combination of ground cinnamon, nutmeg and all spice. You can also opt to use an Apple Pie Spice mix at a 1 ¼ tsp ratio. If you love more of an apple spice banana bread than I recommend increasing the nutmeg to ½ tsp and the all spice to ¼ tsp.
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