Healthy Cinnamon Banana Bread Recipe

Every slice of this cinnamon swirl banana bread features a moist crumb, lots of banana flavor, and a thick ribbon of cinnamon sugar swirled through the center. Top with a simple vanilla icing to turn this quick bread into a delightful dessert-like treat.

You know I love a good cinnamon sugar swirl. (I mean, have you tried this homemade cinnamon swirl bread?? Put it on your Baking Bucket List!) While I also love a good crumb streusel topping, there’s just something extra special about slicing into a coffee cake or a chai cinnamon swirl Bundt cake and discovering a surprise-inside layer of cinnamon-sugar.

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Reader Erin commented: “I normally make your ‘Best Ever Banana Bread‘ recipe, but decided to try something new yesterday—my family thanks you, Sally!!!! The loaf is gone. 2 teenage boys and my husband standing at the counter devouring this bread is quite the testament to how much flavor is in this bread. They all loved the cinnamon swirl in the middle—plus I sprinkled more on the top during baking. Everyone’s waiting for the bunch of bananas on our counter to ripen for the next loaf!!!! ★★★★★” What You’ll Love About This Cinnamon Swirl Banana Bread

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Today’s recipe was originally published in 2012, and the predecessor of my original banana bread recipe. Because of the added richness and sweetness in the glaze and cinnamon-sugar ribbon, I don’t use quite as much sugar and butter in the bread itself. I usually receive a lot of questions about substitutions, so let me review some of the key ingredients you need and why.

The batter comes together easily. I usually use my electric mixer to mash bananas, but a fork or potato masher work too. Since this batter requires creamed butter and sugar, I usually mash up the bananas first, remove them from the bowl, then add the butter and sugar to cream. (I don’t even clean out the bowl—no need.)

You need 2 ingredients for the cinnamon swirl, and both are used in the banana bread batter: granulated sugar and cinnamon. I don’t use quite as much cinnamon swirl as my cinnamon swirl quick bread, and that’s mostly because there’s a lot of flavor in the banana bread itself. (The regular cinnamon swirl bread doesn’t have that other flavor, you know?)

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To assemble the swirl, layer half of the banana batter into a greased loaf pan. There’s about 3 and 1/2 cups of batter. It doesn’t have to be perfect, so just eyeball the amount. Top with all of the cinnamon sugar. Gently spread the remaining batter on top. Using a knife, make a large swirl down the center of the pan. Avoid over-swirling because then you’ll wind up with cinnamon banana bread, minus a swirl.

After baking, cool the bread completely using the detailed recipe instructions below. After the bread cools, drizzle the entire loaf with vanilla icing.

The vanilla icing below is my regular vanilla icing recipe, only halved. You don’t need much. Grab some confectioners’ sugar, heavy cream or milk, and a little vanilla extract, and whisk it all together. Drizzle over the bread before serving. This is exactly how we top strawberry bread, too!

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Enjoy super moist and flavorful banana bread swirled with a thick layer of cinnamon-sugar and topped with a dreamy drizzle of vanilla icing. This is like a dessert version of classic banana bread.

Sally McKenney is a professional food photographer, cookbook author, and baker. Her kitchen-tested recipes and thorough step-by-step tutorials give readers the knowledge and confidence to bake from scratch. Sally has been featured onA delicious, flavor packed breakfast or dessert that’s also paleo and gluten free. I’m a huge banana bread fan (check out my single serving banana bread here or my zucchini banana bread bites here ) so I’m always down for a new banana bread recipe. The best part about banana bread is so many flavors compliment it. Chocolate chips, blueberries, peanut butter- you can throw so many things in your batter. This time I went with a cinnamon sugar middle. Turned out so tasty. Pus Cinnamon Banana Bread is such a cozy flavor!

This recipe is relatively simple to make. I used 2 mini loaves because I think it makes the edges so crispy. Kind of like one of those brownie pans that makes all of the brownies edges. I love when you have a baked good that’s just a tiny bit crispy on the outside but super soft in the middle. You could double to recipe to make a regular loaf though.

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One of my favorite parts of this recipe is the cinnamon sugar layer in the middle. I made a small portion of a cinnamon sugar mixture (1/4 cup coconut sugar + 1/2 cinnamon) in a small bowl. To add it to the bread, I added 1/2 of the banana bread batter to the greased loaf pans.

Next, I added the remaining batter on top. I took a knife and smoothed out the top for a more even bread.

Like I said above, you can double this recipe to make a regular loaf. You’d need to adjust the baking time to about 50-55 minutes. Or you could cut the recipe in 1/2 and make a single serving recipe in a small baking dish, like a ramekin. For the baking time of a mini loaf, it would be about the same. Check at 35 minutes just to be safe. This cinnamon banana bread is delicious in any form!

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Cinnamon Banana Bread that is paleo, gluten free, and healthy. An easy, healthy meal prep breakfast option. A healthy dessert option as well. Made with bananas, eggs, coconut flour, and lots of cinnamon for that delicious banana bread taste.

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This healthy banana bread with cinnamon should be your next baking project. It is loaded with banana flavor without all the fat and sugar of traditional banana bread. It's one of our favorites along with this Nutella Banana Bread.

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The smell of banana bread slowly baking in the oven may be one of the best smells out there. Seriously if you have had a bad day and walk into a house that smells like freshly baked banana bread, it's impossible to stay upset. I would say that it should be bottled but what a tease! I think I would be angrier if I came home, smelled banana bread, only to find out there wasn't actually any waiting to be eaten.

Traditional banana bread recipes are packed with lots of butter, sour cream, sugar, and white flour making them delicious, but not the healthiest breakfast option. Luckily, it is pretty easy to make a few changes and make delicious and healthier banana bread.

First, we are going to switch out the traditional vegetable oil for coconut oil. Then we are going to use applesauce and extra bananas so that we can use less oil in the recipe overall and still end up with a moist bread. Finally, we are going to substitute maple syrup and honey for the white sugar and use whole wheat flour instead of white flour. The resulting bread is packed with banana flavor and will quickly become a favorite.

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This is definitely a healthier version of a traditional banana bread since it uses whole wheat flour, unrefined sugars, and healthier fats. Specifically,

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It's hard to make banana bread without wanting to mix in a little something extra. Here are some favorites for this cinnamon banana bread.

Banana bread can be frozen and kept in the freezer for up to three months as long as it is stored correctly. Always start by letting the bread cool completely. Then once it has fully cooled, it can be frozen whole or in slices. Slices are great to have in the freezer because you can pull out one serving at a time.

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Once it is cooled, wrap in freezer safe plastic wrap and then place in a bag or wrap in foil. Label with the date. For defrosting a whole loaf, let it sit overnight in the fridge to defrost.

For individual slices, wrap the individual slices in plastic wrap. Then place in a larger bag. Defrost in the fridge overnight. You can also defrostin the microwave, toaster oven, or even in a skillet over low temperatures.

For the very best banana bread, you want to use super ripe bananas. They should be very brown, almost black. These super ripe bananas have the most banana flavor and have the most natural sugars for a sweet bread without lots of added sugar.

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However, that's not always possible. When you don't have ripe banana on hand, you can bake your bananas. This won't give you the exact same deep banana flavor but it is