Mini Banana Bread Loaves

Ingredients

• 1 2/3 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp kosher salt
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• ½ cup oil
• 4 large ripe bananas
• 2 Tbsp sour cream
• 2 tsp vanilla

Optional Toppings (see directions for recipe specifics):

• Chocolate chunk & almond slivers
• Cinnamon Streusel Topping
• Candied Oranges + Glaze

Banana Bread:

Preheat oven 350˚F. Sift flour, baking soda and salt in a bowl and set aside. Mash bananas in separate bowl. With a fitted paddle in a stand mixer, beat sugar and eggs for 3-5 minutes. Add in oil and mashed bananas and mix until just incorporated. Then mix in sour cream and vanilla.  Slowly add in dry ingredients – don’t over mix.

Prepare each cavity with baking spray with flour. Fill each mini loaf cavity ¾ full and add desired toppings from below*. Bake 20-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out mostly clean and the loaves are golden brown. Makes about 8-9 mini loaves

*Topping options:

Chocolate Chunk & Almonds

Sprinkle on top of batter in cavities before baking.

Cinnamon Streusel Topping:

• 2 Tbsp butter, melted
• ¼ cup brown sugar
• ¼ cup flour
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• Pinch of salt
• ¼ cup toasted and chopped pecans (optional)

Melt butter and let it cool slightly. Mix in all other ingredients. Sprinkle on top of batter in cavity before baking.

Candied Oranges + Glaze

Candied Oranges

• We used store-bought from Trader Joes but could make candied oranges from scratch as well.

Orange Glaze Ingredients

• ½ cup powder sugar
• Pinch of grated orange zest
• 1 Tbsp juice from an orange

If making candied oranges from scratch, prepare desired recipe. If using store-bought, add candied slices to top of loaf batter before baking.

Mix all glaze ingredients together in a small bowl. Drizzle over cooled candied orange loaves once ready.