Name: Cream Cheese Banana Bread
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: For the banana bread: -; 2 to 3 very ripe bananas, peeled (about 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 cups mashed) -; 1/3 cup melted butter, unsalted or salted -; 1 teaspoon baking soda -; Pinch of salt -; 3/4 cup sugar (1/2 cup if you would like it less sweet, 1 cup if you want it sweeter) -; 1 large egg, beaten -; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract -; 1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour -; For the cream cheese filling: -; 8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature -; 1 large egg -; 1/4 cup sugar -; 2 tablespoons flour -

Ingredients for - Cream Cheese Banana Bread

1. For the banana bread:

2. 2 to 3 very ripe bananas, peeled (about 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 cups mashed)

3. 1/3 cup melted butter, unsalted or salted

4. 1 teaspoon baking soda

5. Pinch of salt

6. 3/4 cup sugar (1/2 cup if you would like it less sweet, 1 cup if you want it sweeter)

7. 1 large egg, beaten

8. 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

9. 1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour

10. For the cream cheese filling:

11. 8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature

12. 1 large egg

13. 1/4 cup sugar

14. 2 tablespoons flour

How to cook deliciously - Cream Cheese Banana Bread

1 . Stage

Preheat the oven: Preheat the oven to 350°F and grease a 4x8-inch loaf pan .

2 . Stage

Make the banana bread batter: In a mixing bowl, mash the ripe bananas with a fork until completely smooth. Stir the melted butter into the mashed bananas. Mix in the baking soda and salt. Stir in the sugar, beaten egg, and vanilla extract. Mix in the flour.

3 . Stage

Make the cream cheese swirl: In another bowl, beat together all the ingredients for the cream cheese filling.

4 . Stage

Swirl the batters in the pan: Pour half of the banana bread batter in the loaf pan. Top the batter with half of the cream cheese filling, one dollop at a time. Top with remaining batter. Top with the remaining cream cheese filling one dollop at a time. Insert a butter knife about halfway into the batter and run through the batter vertically and horizontally to swirl the cream cheese into the banana bread batter.

5 . Stage

Bake: Bake for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean.

6 . Stage

Cool and store: Cool the banana bread for a few minutes in the pan, then remove from pan and transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely. Store covered at room temperature for up to 4 days.