Sweet Treats Saturday: Cinnamon Swirl Banana Bread

While I know it's going to be hard to top the last banana bread that I made, I constantly have bananas on hand that I just can't seem to eat fast enough.  I was about to go to that previous recipe, but decided to try this one out - just for the cinnamon swirl title alone.  This would be the perfect bread for a brunch or just a yummy breakfast treat.

Cinnamon Swirl Banana Bread
Recipe from Lovin the Oven
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Ingredients:
3 over-ripe bananas, mashed up
1/3 cup melted butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg, beaten
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking soda
dash of salt
1 1/2 cups flour

Swirl:
1/3 cup sugar
1 tbsp cinnamon

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Butter and flour a 9x5 loaf pan.
2. Mix bananas, butter, sugar, egg and vanilla together.  Sprinkle baking soda and salt around the top of the banana mixture, then gently stir in the flour until just combined.
3.  In a small bowl, mix together the 1/3 cup sugar and 1 tbsp cinnamon.
4.  Add half of the banana batter to the load pan.  Then sprinkle half of the cinnamon sugar mixture over the batter in the pan.  Repeat with the rest of the batter, covering the top with the remaining cinnamon sugar.  Bake for 50-60 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

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