Christmas Sugar Cookie Banana Bread

A festive banana bread with the flavors of sugar cookies, perfect for the holiday season.

By @itsaudreybakes

Original recipe source

Cook time: 60 minutes

Servings: 8

Ingredients

• 0 parchment paper
• 0.5 cup unsalted butter, melted & slightly cooled
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs, room temp
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 0.75 tsp almond extract
• 3 overripe bananas, mashed
• 0.25 cup sour cream, room temp
• 1.75 cups all-purpose flour, spooned & leveled or weighed
• 1.5 tsp baking powder
• 0.5 tsp baking soda
• 0.5 tsp salt
• 0.33 cup christmas sprinkles
• 0 foil
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 tbsp milk
• 0.5 tsp vanilla
• 0 christmas sprinkles

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F and line a 9x5 loaf pan with parchment.
2. In a large bowl whisk together the melted butter and sugar until smooth.
3. Whisk in the eggs, vanilla, and almond extract until well combined.
4. Mix in the mashed bananas and sour cream.
5. In a separate bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
6. Gently fold the dry ingredients into the wet until just combined. Don’t over mix.
7. Fold in the sprinkles gently.
8. Spread batter into the prepared loaf pan.
9. Bake 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean/with a few moist crumbs. Tent with foil in the last 10-15 minutes if the top is browning too much. Let cool completely.
10. Drizzle the icing all over the cooled banana bread & top with christmas sprinkles. Make sure to top with sprinkles immediately so that it sticks to the icing.