banana bread with oat-streusel topping

ingredients

• servings: 2
• 1/4 cup cold butter, cut into small pieces
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 cup quick cooking oats
• 1 1/4 cups white sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 2 eggs
• 3 ripe bananas, mashed
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons spice
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

recipe

preparation time: 20 mins cook time: 1 hr 15 mins

ready time: 2 hrs 5 mins


• preheat an oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease 2 loaf pans, 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches.
• to make the streusel topping, mix 1/4 cup of cut-up butter, 1/2 cup flour, brown sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and oats in a bowl until crumbly. set aside.
• cream the sugar and butter together in a bowl, and stir in the eggs. add the bananas, buttermilk, and vanilla extract, and stir until the mixture is well blended. beat in the flour, spice, baking powder, cinnamon, and nuts.
• scoop the batter into the prepared loaf pans. sprinkle the top of each loaf with half the streusel topping.
• bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour and 15 minutes, until the loaves have risen and the topping is browned. let the banana bread cool in the pans for 5 minutes before turning out a wire rack to finish cooling.