Pumpkin Banana Bread
A delicious bread for the Fall.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- 2 very ripe bananas, mashed well
- 3/4 cup canned pumpkin purée not pumpkin pie filling
- 1/4 cup milk
- 2 large eggs beaten lightly
- 6 Tablespoons unsalted butter melted and cooled
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Sugar crumble for topping
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease a 9-inch loaf pan.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking soda and pumpkin pie spice. Set the mixture aside.
- In a separate medium bowl, whisk together the mashed bananas, pumpkin purée, milk, eggs, melted butter and vanilla. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix just until combined. Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan then liberally sprinkle the with a sugar crumble (see below).
- Bake the bread for about 55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Allow to cool, slice and serve.
Notes
For sugar crumble topping: Combine 1/3 cup packed brown sugar, 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon and 1 tablespoon butter. Crumble should resemble coarse cornmeal. Sprinkle topping over muffins.