I don’t really like banana flavoring in anything else besides banana bread. Banana pudding? Nope. Banana Split? Nope. But I could eat warm banana bread all day long, especially with peanut butter…. yum!

Make sure to use very ripe bananas in this recipe. I usually make banana bread with leftover bananas that no one eats. To hurry up the process you can put your bananas in a paper sack and that should make them ripen faster.

I am not totally happy with the streusel on the bread.. I wish it was…. softer. I will experiment and get back to you.

Banana Bread with Streusel Topping

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 2 beaten eggs
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup smashed ripe bananas, about 3

Mix in order and pour into greased bread pan. You don’t have to, but I used the struesel recipe from The Pioneer Woman. Place the streusel on top before baking.

Bake at 350 for 45min-1 hr.