Streusel-Topped Banana Nut Bread

Description

Source: Christmas With Southern Living 2003 - Southern Living

Bake these little loaves in disposable pans from the grocery store or in baking molds. We tell you how in the Note at right

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• 7 tablespoons uncooked regular oats
• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup cold butter or margarine, cut into pieces
• 2 small ripe bananas, mashed (1 cup)
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup butter or margarine
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup toasted pecans, toasted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1. Combine first 3 ingredients.
2. Cut in 1/3 cup butter with a pastry blender until crumbly; chill streusel.
3. Beat banana and next 3 ingredients in a large mixing bowl at medium speed with an electric mixer 1 minute or just until smooth.
4. Combine 1 1/2 cups flour and next 3 ingredients.
5. Add to banana, beating just until dry ingredients are moistened.
6. Stir in pecans and vanilla.
7. Spoon batter into 3 (5 3/4" x 3 1/4") greased disposable mini loafpans.
8. Sprinkle each loaf evenly with streusel.
9. Bake at 350° for 35 minutes.
10. Cool in pans on a wire rack 5 minutes; carefully remove from pans and cool on wire rack.
11. Return loaves to pans for gift giving.

Yield: 3 mini loaves