Spiced Maple Banana Bread
This banana bread is sweetened with maple syrup and spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg for the perfect fall treat.
Ingredients
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nonstick cooking spray
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2 cups all-purpose flour
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1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
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1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
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¼ teaspoon salt
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¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
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3 ripe bananas
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2 eggs
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½ cup vegetable oil
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⅓ cup maple syrup
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⅓ cup white sugar
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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¾ cup chopped walnuts (Optional)
Description
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a loaf pan with nonstick spray.
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Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg in a bowl. Set aside.
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Mash bananas until mostly smooth but some chunks remain. Add eggs, oil, maple syrup, sugar, and vanilla extract; mix with a wooden spoon. Add flour mixture and walnuts. Mix just until flour is moistened. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
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Bake in the preheated oven, rotating pan halfway through, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 55 to 60 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Invert bread onto the wire rack to cool completely.