Snickerdoodle Banana Bread

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Add a twist and make snickerdoodle banana bread for your next bake! A cinnamon and sugar topping mixed with a classic and easy banana bread recipe. A family favorite to serve as a desserts or with a cup of coffee for breakfast.

Recipe Highlights

• How it taste: Snickerdoodle banana bread taste exactly how it sounds. Cinnamon pairs perfectly with bananas so the addition of the cinnamon sugar topping is the icing on the cake without actual icing. The banana bread is moist and isn’t too sweet because the addition of the cinnamon sugar topping could make the snickerdoodle banana bread a bit too sweet.
• Skill level: Banana bread is super easy to make and the snickerdoodle touch is only adding extra spices into the bread itself.
• Storing: The bread can be stored on the counter for a day or two. But, you can keep it longer in the fridge or freezing the snickerdoodle banana bread is an option as well.

Ingredient tips

• Flour: All-purpose flour is used in the recipe. The flour can be subbed for other flours such as a gluten-free flour, bread or whole wheat. These substitutions will change the bread drastically and you’ll have to make some adjustments that I have not tested myself. It’s recommended to stick with all-purpose flour for the best results following the recipe. For a gluten-free option, I do have an oat flour banana bread recipe.
• Butter: Unsalted butter will be listed but I prefer using the salted butter in my personal snickerdoodle banana bread recipe. If you’re sensitive to salt, always use unsalted so you can control the salt levels better.
• Egg: There is only one egg used in the recipe. The recipe can be made eggless because bananas have a natural holding power. The bananas themselves will hold the bread together but using the egg does help with a softer crumb and more bounce in the rise when the banana bread is baking.
• Milk: Any milk can be used in the recipe but my go-to milk is always whole milk. The milk simply thins out the batter a little which is why any milk will be fine.
• Bananas: Ripe bananas are the best option. Green bananas are a bit too starchy. Below, I’ll include a tip to quickly ripen your bananas if they are green.

How To Make Snickerdoodle Banana Bread

1. Line the loaf pan with parchment paper, then sprinkle half the cinnamon and sugar mixture in the bottom of the loaf pan.
2. Mashed the bananas and mix them with the other wet ingredients. Sprinkle in the dry ingredients and mix everything together until it’s just combined.
3. Pour the batter in top of the cinnamon sugar mixture in the loaf pan. Then, sprinkle the remaining cinnamon and sugar mixture on top of the snickerdoodle banana bread.
4. Place the banana bread in the oven and bake until the center is cooked through.
5. Allow to cool completely before removing from the loaf pan and slicing.

Chef’s tip

• The parchment paper is a great tool to lift the bread out of the loaf pan. However, do not lift it out too early or too fast when removed from the oven. Even if you bake the snickerdoodle banana bread perfectly you can destroy everything moving the hot bread too fast. At the minimum, allow the bread to sit in the loaf pan for 20 minutes before lifting it out of the loaf pan.

How to ripen bananas quickly?

There are a few tricks and one is tossing them in a bag with an apple. Seal the bag and the gases between the two will speed up the process. You can do it without the apple as well.

Another option and the quickest is baking the bananas in the oven. Bake them at 300F for 15 minutes on a lined sheet pan. Once they are black, remove from the oven and allow them to cool before mashing.

Recipes to use ripe bananas

• Pumpkin Banana Muffins
• Apple Banana Bread
• Banana Bars
• Banana Oatmeal Cookies
• Peanut Butter Banana Bread
• Zucchini Banana Bread
• Chocolate Strawberry Banana Bread
• Cream Cheese Banana Bread

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