Cream Cheese Banana Bread – Easy Recipes Favorite
This cream cheese banana bread is moist, rich, and topped with the perfect sweet crumb. A must-try for banana bread lovers!
Servings: 10 slices
Ingredients
For the Bread
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup mashed bananas (about 2-3 bananas)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
For the Crumb Topping
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon butter, cold and cubed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
- In a large bowl, beat together the butter, cream cheese, and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs, mashed bananas, and vanilla extract. Mix well.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture, mixing until just combined.
- Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and smooth the top.
- For the crumb topping: Combine brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon. Cut in cold butter until crumbly.
- Sprinkle the crumb topping evenly over the batter.
- Bake for 50-60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Let the bread cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.