Bates Banana Bread

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda 
• 5  bananas very ripe mashed
• 1.3 cups brown sugar 
• 2  eggs 
• 0.3 cup flour all-purpose
• 1.5 teaspoons ground cinnamon 
• 2 teaspoons juice of lemon 
• 0.5 cup milk 
• 1 teaspoon salt 
• 0.3 cup butter unsalted cubed
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 
• 0.5 cup sugar white

Equipment

• bowl
• oven
• whisk
• loaf pan
• toothpicks

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a large loaf pan.
2. Mash together the brown sugar and 1/2 cup of softened butter until smooth and creamy in a large bowl; beat in the eggs. In a bowl, combine the mashed bananas with lemon juice, and add them to the butter-sugar mixture. Beat in the milk and vanilla extract until smooth.
3. In a bowl, whisk together 2 1/2 cups of flour, baking soda, salt, and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon.
4. Mix the flour mixture into the banana mixture in 2 or 3 increments, beating well after each addition. Scrape the batter into the prepared loaf pan.
5. Mix together the white sugar, 1/3 cup of flour, 1/4 cup of unsalted butter, and 1 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon with a fork until the mixture is crumbly. Spoon the crumble mixture over the loaf.
6. Bake in the preheated oven until the bread is lightly browned and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 45 minutes to 1 hour.