Best Ever Banana Bread

Cook Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
(Tiff-I made these into mini-muffins, and they were perfect at 325 for 15-20 minutes)
Author: Divas Can Cook
Makes 1 large loaf

Ingredients (All ingredients should be room temperature)
3 large extra ripe banans (1 1/2 C mashed)
1 tsp lemon juice
2 C all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2-3/4 C brown sugar (Mom uses 1/2C)
8 Tbls butter, softened (1 stick)
2 eggs, beaten
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 C buttermilk (Buttermilk is best, but if you don't have any. Mix 1/2 milk and 1 tsp cider vinegar. Let sit for 5 minutes)

For short bread topping:
1 C flour
1/4 C brown sugar
1/2 C butter
1/4 C chopped nuts

Topping:
Preheat oven to 400F.
Mix ingredients together and spread in a thin layer on a baking sheet.
Bake for 10-15 minutes, just until golden brown.

Let cool and crumble.

Bread:
Preheat oven to 325F
Grease and flour a large loaf pan

In a medium size bowl, mash bananas until creamy and stir in lemon juice. Set aside.

In a medium size bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. Set aside.

In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugars. Beat in the eggs until combined.

Fold in bananas. Add in vanilla extract and buttermilk. Beat until combined.

Add the dry mixture into the wet mixture. STIR GENTLY AND JUST UNTIL THE FLOUR IS INCOPORATED. DO NOT OVER STIR.

Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Sprinkle crumbled topping onto the top of the batter.

Bake on the center rack for 1 hour and 10 minutes. Cooking times may vary. Check on the bread at the 1 hour mark. Toothpick inserted into the center should come out clean and bread should be golden on the outside.

Brush the top of the bread with butter if desired when it comes out of the oven.
Let it cool for 5 minutes and then remove the bread from the pan and place it on a cooling rack to finish cooling.

Slice and enjoy. Flavors with intensify the next day.

Kneaders Overnight French Toast

This recipe was in a Kneaders brochure. I am pretty sure you could sub is Texas Toast, but it won't have the cinnamon swirl!
Serves 6-8

Ingredients:
1 Loaf Kneaders Chunky Cinnamon Bread
8 medium eggs
1 Tbls brown sugar
1 Tbls vanilla
3 C milk
3/4 tsp salt
2 Tbs butter

Slice the Chunky Bread into 8 pieces. Generously butter a 9x13 inch glass baking dish. Place 6 bread slices in the baking dish. Cut the remaining 2 slices into smaller pieces and fill in the spaces in the pan.

Mix eggs, brown sugar, vanilla, milk, and salt. Pour the mixture over the bread slices. Cut the butter into small pieces and place over the top of the bread slices. Cover the baking dish and refrigerate overnight (or for at least 4 hours).

Uncover and bake at 350F for 45-50 minutes.