Powerhouse Banana Bread

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon baking soda 
• 6  bananas very ripe mashed
• 0.3 cup brown sugar dark divided
• 2 tablespoons dates divided chopped
• 3  eggs 
• 1 cup flour all-purpose
• 1.5 teaspoons ground cinnamon 
• 1.5 cups cooking oats quick
• 0.5 teaspoon salt 
• 16 ounce cup heavy whipping cream sour
• 2.5 teaspoons vanilla extract 
• 2 tablespoons walnuts divided chopped
• 2 cups flour whole wheat

Equipment

• bowl
• oven
• mixing bowl
• loaf pan
• toothpicks

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease 4 loaf pans, 7x3-inch size.
2. Combine 1 tablespoon white sugar with 2 teaspoons cinnamon in a small bowl. Dust the insides of the greased loaf pans with the cinnamon sugar.
3. Stir whole wheat flour, oats, all-purpose flour, baking soda, 1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, and salt in a bowl. Beat 2 cups brown sugar with 3/4 cup butter in a separate mixing bowl until creamy. Beat in sour cream, bananas, eggs, and vanilla extract until smooth. Stir the dry ingredients into the banana mixture and fold in 2 cups dates, 1 cup walnuts, and 1/2 cup toasted coconut.
4. Spoon the batter into the prepared loaf pans.
5. Sprinkle tops of each loaf with about 1 tablespoon of dark brown sugar and 1 1/2 teaspoons each of dates, walnuts, and coconut.
6. Brush each loaf with melted butter for a shiny glaze.
7. Bake loaves in the preheated oven until browned and a toothpick inserted into the center of a loaf comes out clean, about 1 hour.