Cream Cheese Walnut Banana Bread Recipes

CREAM CHEESE BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
• Combine butter, brown sugar, 1 egg, sour cream, 1/4 cup white sugar, and vanilla extract in a large bowl; whisk until smooth. Mash in bananas using a fork. Whisk in 1 cup flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt until just combined.
• Whisk cream cheese, 1 egg, 1/4 cup white sugar, and 3 tablespoons flour together in a separate bowl.
• Pour half of the banana mixture into the prepared loaf pan. Spread cream cheese mixture evenly on top. Pour remaining banana mixture over cream cheese mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven until top is firm, about 50 minutes. Cool in the pan, about 5 minutes.

CREAM CHEESE WALNUT BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F and grease 2 loaf pans (8x4-inch).
• Beat butter and cream cheese together until smooth using a stand mixer until creamy.
• While the mixer is still on, add the sugar slowly, letting it combine.
• Add the eggs one at a time, again letting each egg combine before adding the next.
• Combine the flour, baking powder and soda, and salt. At this point make sure everything else is ready to combine, because once the flour hits the batter, you want to mix as little as possible. Add the flour slowly to the mixture as the mixer is going.
• Turn off the mixer and add the bananas, nuts, and vanilla. Turn the mixer on briefly to combine.
• Spoon the batter into the loaf pans and bake for 50 minutes to one hour, or until a wooden toothpick inserted comes out clean (or slightly damp if you like your banana bread slightly on the undercooked side, with a gummy top *yum*).
• Cool in the pan at least 10 minutes, remove and cool on a rack for at least 30 more minutes if you want nice clean slices.
• Note, you do not need a stand mixer to make this recipe. You could even do all this mixing by hand, it will just take longer. Simply add everything in little bits (maybe 1/4 cup to 1/2 cup at a time) and stir in between until it is mixed. Do not over beat once you have added the flour though, or the bread will be tough.

CREAM CHEESE-BANANA-NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended after each addition.
• Combine flour and next 3 ingredients; gradually add to butter mixture, beating at low speed just until blended. Stir in bananas, pecans, and vanilla. Spoon batter into 2 greased and floured 8- x 4-inch loafpans.
• Bake at 350° for 1 hour or until a long wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean and sides pull away from pan, shielding with aluminum foil last 15 minutes to prevent browning, if necessary. Cool bread in pans on wire racks 10 minutes. Remove from pans, and cool 30 minutes on wire racks before slicing.
• Cream Cheese-Banana-Nut Muffins: To bake muffins, spoon batter evenly into 24 paper-lined muffin cups. Bake at 350° for 25 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes. Remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks. Makes 24 muffins. Prep: 15 min., Bake: 25 min.
• Orange-Pecan-Topped Cream Cheese-Banana-Nut Bread: Prepare bread batter as directed, and spoon into desired pans. Sprinkle 1 cup coarsely chopped, toasted pecans evenly over batter in pans. Bake as directed. Cool bread or muffins in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Stir together 1 cup powdered sugar, 3 tablespoons fresh orange juice, and 1 teaspoon grated orange rind until blended. Drizzle evenly over warm bread or muffins, and cool 30 minutes on wire racks.
• Toasted Coconut-Topped Cream Cheese-Banana-Nut Bread: Prepare and bake bread or muffins in desired pans. While bread is baking, stir together 1/4 cup butter, 1/4 cup granulated sugar, 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar, and 1/4 cup milk in a small saucepan over medium-high heat; bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in 1 cup sweetened flaked coconut; 1 cup chopped, toasted pecans; and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract. Remove baked bread or muffins from oven, and immediately spread tops with coconut mixture. Broil 5 1/2 inches from heat 2 to 3 minutes or just until topping starts to lightly brown. Cool in pans on wire racks 20 minutes. Remove from pans, and cool 30 minutes on wire racks before slicing.
• Cinnamon Crisp-Topped Cream Cheese-Banana-Nut Bread: Prepare bread batter as directed, and spoon into desired pans. Stir together 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar; 1/2 cup chopped, toasted pecans; 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon melted butter; and 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon. Sprinkle mixture evenly over batter. Bake and cool as directed.
• Peanut Butter Streusel-Topped Cream Cheese-Banana-Nut Bread: Prepare bread batter as directed, and spoon into desired pans. Combine 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour and 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar in a small bowl. Cut in 1/4 cup butter and 3 tablespoons creamy peanut butter with a pastry blender or fork until mixture resembles small peas. Sprinkle mixture evenly over batter in pans. Bake and cool as directed.

SOUTHERN LIVING'S CREAM CHEESE BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended after each addition.
• Combine flour and next 3 ingredients; gradually add to butter mixture, beating at low speed just until blended. Stir in bananas, pecans, and vanilla. Spoon batter into 2 greased and floured 8- x 4-inch loafpans.
• Bake at 350° for 1 hour or until a long wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean and sides pull away from pan, shielding with aluminum foil last 15 minutes to prevent browning, if necessary. Cool bread in pans on wire racks 10 minutes. Remove from pans, and cool 30 minutes on wire racks before slicing.

CREAM CHEESE-BANANA-NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with electric mixer, until creamy.
• Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended after each addition.
• Combine flour and next 3 ingredients; gradually add to butter mixture, beating at low speed just until blended.
• Stir in bananas, pecans, and vanilla.
• Spoon batter into 2 greased and floured 8 x 4 inch loafpans.
• Bake at 350º for 1 hour, or until tests clean. (Shield with foil the last 15 minutes to prevent browning, if necessary.
• Cool bread in pans on wire racks 10 minutes.
• Remove from pans, and cool 30 minutes on wire racks before slicing.
• Orange Pecan Topping:.
• Sprinkle pecans over batter before baking.
• Cool bread 10 minutes, remove from pans.
• Stir together sugar, orange juice and orange rind.
• Drizzle evenly over warm bread.
• Cinnamon-Crisp Topping.
• Stir together brown sugar, toasted pecans, flour, melted butter and cinnamon.
• Sprinle mixture evenly over batter.
• Bake and cool bread.

CREAM CHEESE BANANA-NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with electric mixer until creamy.
• Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until just blended.
• Combine flour, baking powder and soda, and salt.
• Gradually add this to butter mixture beating at low speed just until blended.
• Stir in bananas, pecans, and vanilla.
• Spoon batter into 2 greased and floured loaf pans (or 4 mini loaf pans).
• Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• You may need to shield the top with foil for last 15 minutes to prevent browning.
• Cool bread in pans for 10 minutes, remove from pan, and let cool additional 30 minutes.