Cinnamon Crumb Banana Bread (Print Version)
Soft banana bread with spiced crumb topping, ready in 70 minutes
# Recipe Ingredients:
→ Banana Bread
01 - 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
02 - 1 tsp baking soda
03 - ¼ tsp salt
04 - ½ tsp ground cinnamon
05 - ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
06 - ¾ cup granulated sugar
07 - 2 large eggs, room temperature
08 - 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
09 - 3 ripe bananas, mashed (about 1 ¼ cups)
10 - ¼ cup plain yogurt or sour cream
→ Cinnamon Crumb Topping
11 - ½ cup all-purpose flour
12 - ¼ cup brown sugar, packed
13 - 1 tsp ground cinnamon
14 - ¼ tsp salt
15 - ¼ cup unsalted butter, melted
# Directions:
01 - Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour a 9x5-inch loaf pan or line with parchment paper.
02 - In a bowl, mix flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt. Pour in melted butter and stir until crumbly. Set aside.
03 - In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon for the bread.
04 - In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each. Stir in vanilla.
05 - Mix in mashed bananas and yogurt (or sour cream) until just combined.
06 - Gently fold the dry ingredients into the wet mixture until no flour streaks remain—do not overmix.
07 - Pour batter into prepared loaf pan. Evenly sprinkle the cinnamon crumb topping over the batter. Bake for 50–60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean or with just a few moist crumbs.
08 - Cool in the pan for 15 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely before slicing.
# Expert Advice:
01 -
- The cinnamon sugar crust creates this incredible crackly top that everyone fights over
- It transforms those sad overripe bananas into something magical instead of wasting them
- Your whole house will smell like a bakery, which honestly might be the best part
02 -
- Overmixing the batter activates gluten and makes your bread dense and rubbery instead of tender and moist
- Testing with a toothpick too early can cause the center to collapse, so wait until at least the 50 minute mark
- Cooling completely might feel impossible when your kitchen smells this amazing, but slicing warm bread gives you gummy slices
03 -
- Use blackened bananas—the ones you think are too far gone—they'll give you the sweetest, most intense banana flavor
- Room temperature ingredients blend together seamlessly and help prevent a dense, heavy loaf