Ingredients for - Powerhouse Banana Bread

1. White sugar (Optional) 1 tablespoon
2. Ground cinnamon (Optional) 2 teaspoons
3. Whole wheat flour 2 cups
4. Quick cooking oats 1 ½ cups
5. All-purpose flour 1 cup
6. Baking soda 1 tablespoon
7. Ground cinnamon (Optional) 1 ½ teaspoons
8. Salt ½ teaspoon
9. Dark brown sugar, packed 2 cups
10. Butter (Optional) ¾ cup
11. Sour cream 1 (16 ounce) container
12. Very ripe bananas, mashed 6
13. Eggs 3
14. Vanilla extract 2 ½ teaspoons
15. Chopped dates 2 cups
16. Chopped walnuts 1 cup
17. Toasted flake coconut (Optional) ½ cup
18. Dark brown sugar, divided ¼ cup
19. Chopped dates, divided 2 tablespoons
20. Chopped walnuts, divided 2 tablespoons
21. Toasted flake coconut, divided (Optional) 2 tablespoons
22. Butter, melted (Optional) 1 tablespoon

How to cook deliciously - Powerhouse Banana Bread

1 . Stage

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease 4 loaf pans, 7x3-inch size. 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.

2 . Stage

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.

3 . Stage

Spoon the batter into the prepared loaf pans. Sprinkle tops of each loaf with about 1 tablespoon of dark brown sugar and 1 1/2 teaspoons each of dates, walnuts, and coconut. Brush each loaf with melted butter for a shiny glaze.

4 . Stage

Bake loaves in the preheated oven until browned and a toothpick inserted into the center of a loaf comes out clean, about 1 hour.