Banana bread or banana muffins are things I make almost weekly. As I’ve said before, I think my kids leave bananas to get ripe just so I will have to make it. They know I hate to waste things. One thing I like to do is read a bunch of different recipes, read the comments and then start coming up with my own recipe by combining some of the ideas from like six or seven other recipes and comments. Sometimes it works out OK and sometimes it doesn’t. Today was one of those days that it worked out perfectly! This banana bundt cake recipe is amazing.

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Banana Bundt Cake Recipe

Delicious recipe for a must try banana bundt cake! 

Course Breakfast, Dessert

Keyword banana, banana bread, bundt cake

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 1 hour 5 minutes

Cool 30 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 Cup Butter softened
• 2 Cups White Sugar
• 5 Large Eggs room temp.
• 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
• 6 TBSP Milk
• 5 Small Ripe Bananas 4 if they aren't all small
• 1 tsp Cinnamon
• 2 tsp Baking Soda
• 2 Cups Gluten Free Flour

Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 300° and grease your bundt pan and set aside.

2. Using your stand mixer (or hand mixer), cream together the sugar and butter. Add the eggs, one by one. Mix until thoroughly incorporated. 

3. Next add the vanilla extract, milk, ripe bananas, cinnamon and baking soda. Mix until thoroughly incorporated. 

4. Add the gluten free flour to the mixing bowl and mix it by hand. You want to to be completely mixed together, but don't over mix.

5. Pour your batter into the greased bundt pan and place in the oven for 65 minutes. You will notice the top browning a bit. That's OK! It tastes amazing! When it is done baking, allow it to cool in the pan before transferring it to your cake stand or a plate.

Recipe Notes

If you prefer to use regular flour over gluten free flour, then use it! The measurements are the same!

In this recipe, as I do with pretty much ALL recipes requiring flour, I used gluten free flour. If you would prefer to make banana bundt cake recipe with regular flour, then by all means, do so! Not only is banana bundt cake recipe super moist, but the hint of cinnamon is perfect. And, believe me, that’s coming from someone that truly hates cinnamon.

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I can’t tell you how good my house smelled when this banana bundt cake was baking! The kids were dying to cut into it as I was pulling it out of the oven. Now I chose not to top this banana bundt cake with anything, but you could totally do so, if you wanted. You could go simple with powered sugar or you could make a cream cheese frosting glaze. Whatever you choose to do, this will be a banana bread recipe that you will want to make over and over again!

Other Banana Bread Recipes to Try

Like I’ve said, I’ve made a lot of banana bread/muffin recipes before. A few you must try are:

Oatmeal Banana Cinnamon Crunch Bread

Cranberry Banana Muffins Recipe

Banana Mini Muffins with Chocolate Chips

Banana Muffins with Chocolate and Peanut Butter

Gluten Free Strawberry Banana Bread

What is your favorite way to make banana bread? Also, another question…do you put butter on your banana bread? My husband does that. To me it’s gross, but he loves it and has gotten one of my kids liking it that way too. To each their own, I suppose!

My kids are notorious for leaving bananas on the counter so they get too ripe to eat, but are perfect for banana bread. I think…no…I know…they do it on purpose. In fact, just the other day my son asked me when I was planning on making banana bread. The bananas were NOT over-ripe just yet! He was planning ahead! Well, he’s in luck! Today I made a gluten free oatmeal banana cinnamon crunch bread. Not just one layer of crunch, but two yummy layers!

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Oatmeal Banana Cinnamon Crunch Bread

Delicious recipe for a gluten free oatmeal banana cinnamon crunch bread.

Course Breakfast, Dessert

Keyword banana bread, bread, cinnamon, cinnamon crunch

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 55 minutes

Cool 20 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes

Ingredients

• 3 Ripe Bananas
• 1/3 Cup Vanilla Almond Milk (or milk of choice)
• 1/4 Cup Olive Oil extra virgin
• 2 Large Eggs
• 2/3 Cup Sugar
• 3/4 Cup Gluten Free Oatmeal
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1/4 tsp Baking Soda
• 2 tsp Baking Powder
• 1 1/2 Cup Gluten Free Flour

Cinnamon Crunch Topping

• 1/2 Cup Sugar
• 1 tsp Cinnamon
• 2 TBSP Gluten Free Flour
• 3 TBSP Butter softened

Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 350° and prepare your loaf pan with cooking spray, butter or whatever method you prefer to grease the pan with.

2. Prepare your cinnamon crunch topping in a small bowl and set aside. You will need this in a few minutes. 

3. Mash your bananas. In the same bowl (why dirty another one?!?), add the vanilla almond milk, olive oil and eggs. Mix well. Next add in your sugar and mix well. 

4. Next, add your remaining ingredients (gluten free oatmeal, salt, baking soda, baking powder, and gluten free flour) and be sure to mix well after each new addition. 

5. Add half of your gluten free oatmeal banana cinnamon crunch bread mixture to your greased loaf pan. Top with half of the cinnamon crunch topping, making sure to cover the entire area. Add the remaining amount of batter and then top with the other half of the cinnamon crunch topping.

6. Place in the oven and bake for 55-60 minutes. Allow the gluten free banana bread to cool for about 10 minutes in the pan before transferring to a wire rack. 

Recipe Notes

*I used vanilla almond milk, but you can use whatever milk you have on hand.

Oatmeal Banana Cinnamon Crunch Bread: Thumbs up or down?

Doesn’t it look great?!? The second both kids got in the door, they immediately asked for a piece. While I don’t particularly care for cinnamon, this gluten free oatmeal banana cinnamon crunch bread smelled amazing while it was baking! The kids said it was their favorite out of all the different types of banana breads I’ve made! Like I mentioned in the recipe, if you want to make this with regular milk, go ahead! Also, feel free to use regular flour instead of gluten free flour! Don’t forget to scroll all the way down to find my favorite banana bread/muffin recipes!

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Other Banana Bread Recipes You Must Try

Like I said, my kids LOVE banana bread and banana muffins. Over the years, we have tried many different types of banana breads. Here are a few you must try:

Cranberry Banana Muffins Recipe

Banana Mini Muffins with Chocolate Chips

Banana Muffins with Chocolate and Peanut Butter

Gluten Free Strawberry Banana Bread

Orange Banana Muffins Recipe

The Best Banana Muffin Recipe

The gluten free strawberry banana bread is amazing! I made it for a picnic at the beach we had one summer with my husbands side of the family. Everyone devoured it! Any one of these recipes can be made with regular flour or gluten free flour. Same measurements.

I’m going to let you in on a little secret. You ready for this? Are you sure? OK…here it goes. I do not like cinnamon. At all. Well, except for the hint of cinnamon in my apple cider wax melts. However, like the rest of the world, my kids LOVE cinnamon. One of their favorite things are cinnamon rolls. Especially the kind you can buy at Ikea! So, today, I decided to use my gorgeous matte black KitchenAid stand mixer I got for Christmas and make cinnamon roll bread.

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Cinnamon Roll Bread Recipe

Delicious recipe for cinnamon roll bread.

Course Breakfast, Dessert

Keyword bread, cinnamon roll

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 1 hour

Cool 30 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes

Ingredients

• 1/3 Cup Olive Oil extra virgin
• 1 Large Egg room temp.
• 1 Cup Sugar
• 1 Cup Milk
• 1 TBSP Baking Powder
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• 2 Cups Gluten Free Flour

Cinnamon Sugar Swirl

• 1/3 Cup Sugar
• 2 tsp Ground Cinnamon

Vanilla Topping

• 2 Cups Powdered Sugar
• 4 TBSP Butter softened
• 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
• 3 TBSP Milk

Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Grease your loaf pan and set aside.

2. In a mixing bowl or your stand mixer, add the sugar, oil, milk and egg. Mix well. 

3. One at a time, add your salt, baking powder and flour. Mixing well in between each addition. 

4. Add the cinnamon and sugar for the swirl in a small bowl. Mix lightly with a spoon until it is thoroughly incorporated.

5. Place have of the batter in your greased loaf pan. Add some of the cinnamon sugar swirl mixture and slowly take a butter knife and gently cut that swirl mixture through the batter. 

6. Add the rest of the batter into the loaf pan and put the rest of the cinnamon sugar mixture on top of that. Again, slowly cut that swirl mixture through the batter.

7. Bake in the oven for 55-60 minutes. Remove and immediately place tip the bread onto a wire rack. While the bread is cooling, mix up your topping and pour over the loaf of bread. Enjoy!

Delicious Cinnamon Roll Bread

OK…so, like I said, I don’t like cinnamon, but this cinnamon roll bread smelled amazing while it was baking. You will have a little bit of the vanilla topping left over. Feel free to add more to the top of the bread. If I ate this cinnamon roll bread, I can tell you, I would want MORE frosting! However, the amount I have on there is what my husband and kids like. Also, I make everything gluten free (love this gluten free flour), but you can totally use the same amount of regular flour.

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Each slice of this cinnamon roll bread has just the right amount of the cinnamon sugar swirl. I have a feeling the kids will be fighting to finish this bread off! They’ve already asked me if I will make this cinnamon roll bread again. I’m guessing it’s a keeper!

Other delicious recipes you need to try

Peanut Butter Banana Bread

Banana Bread with Chocolate Chips

Gluten Free Strawberry Banana Bread

This time of year, my absolute FAVORITE thing is anything and everything with peppermint. My Gluten Free Peppermint Bark Brownie Cheesecake was a huge hit a couple years ago. I think everyone loved it! This year, I decided to make something a little different. These Chocolate peppermint chip cookies are amazing. Super easy to make, quick to bake, and they are full of chocolatey goodness! If you are looking for a cookie recipe to impress this holiday season, this is it!

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Chocolate Peppermint Chip Cookies

Delicious chocolate peppermint chip cookies recipe that are perfect for the holidays.

Course Dessert

Keyword chocolate, cookies, peppermint

Prep Time 1 hour 10 minutes

Cook Time 9 minutes

Cooling on Cookie Sheet 5 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 19 minutes

Servings 4 Dozen

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 Cups Brown Sugar
• 1 Cup White Sugar
• 1 Cup Butter melted
• 2 Large Eggs
• 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
• 4 TBSP Water
• 3 Cups Gluten Free Flour
• 1 Cup Unsweetened Cocoa
• 1 tsp Baking Soda
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1 Cup White Chocolate Peppermint Chips

Instructions

1. In a large bowl, cream together both sugars and butter together. Add your eggs, vanilla and water. Beat until you have those ingredients well blended.

2. Add your dry ingredients one at a time, making sure to mix each ingredient in thoroughly before adding the next. 

3. Fold in your white chocolate peppermint chips (I like these).

4. Put your dough in the fridge for 1 hour. It will be very thick. That's OK!

5. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and line your baking sheet with parchment paper or your silicone baking mats (these are a really good price!!).

6. Using your cookie scoop (another amazing price), place the cookie dough on the cookie sheets and bake for 9-10 minutes. Do not over bake. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before placing them on a wire rack to cool.

Recipe Notes

**Be sure to store your cookies in an air tight container.

Chocolate Peppermint Chip Cookies

Don’t these cookies sound amazing? They are the perfect amount of chocolate and peppermint. My son would prefer MORE white chocolate peppermint chips, while my daughter would prefer less. One thing you could do is sprinkle extra chips on the cookies when they come out of the oven. However, it’s definitely not necessary (well…unless you are like my son)…the cookies are delicious just the way they are.

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Gluten Free or Not!

I made these chocolate peppermint chip cookies with Namaste Foods Gluten Free Four. However, if you don’t have to or want to make them gluten free, then don’t! Simply use the same amount of flour that is not gluten free! They turn out perfectly with either flour you choose to use!

You have plenty of time to make these for Christmas. If you are having a hard time finding the white chocolate peppermint chips, check your local grocery store. I found my at Kroger. If you have a Christmas celebration that is after Christmas (like I do), order them on Amazon!

Other Peppermint Recipes You MUST Try

Like I said, this time of year (or any time really), chocolate and peppermint are my favorite things. These are some other peppermint recipes you must try:

Peppermint Oreo Cupcakes

Peppermint Mocha Cupcakes

Double Chocolate Peppermint Crunch Cookies

Peppermint Dessert Recipes

Christmas Cream Cheese Mints