Streusel Topped Banana Nut Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• 7 tablespoons uncooked quaker oats
• 1/3 cup flour
• 1/3 cup cold butter or 1/3 cup margarine, cut into pieces
• 2 small ripe bananas, mashed (1 cup)
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine, melted
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup chopped pecans, toasted (i use any nuts and don't toast them)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 combine first three ingredients for streusel topping.
• 2 cut in butter with a pastry blender until crumbly.
• 3 chill streusel.
• 4 beat banana and next 3 ingredients in a large mixing bowl just until smooth.
• 5 don't overmix.
• 6 combine dry ingredients.
• 7 add to banana mixture
• 8 stir just until moistened.
• 9 stir in pecans and vanilla.
• 10 spoon batter into (3) (5-3/4 x 3-1/4 inch) greased disposable mini loaf pans or can use regular size loaf pans but will only make 2.
• 11 sprinkle each loaf evenly with streusel topping.
• 12 bake at 350 for 35 min or until knife comes out fairly clean.
• 13 cool in pans on wire rack 5 minute remove and continue to cool on wire rack.
• 14 you can put back in pans for gift giving.
• 15 (i omit the step of taking out of pans and it has worked out fine).