Cream Cheese Banana Bread ~ Simple Sweet Recipes (2024)

So soft, this cream cheese banana bread is moist like pound cake and so flavorful. Bake in mini loaves for easy neighbor gifts for the holidays.

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Cream Cheese Banana Bread

I love banana bread. It’s a feel good snack that’s filling and everyone in my home will gobble up.

By adding cream cheese, this banana bread recipe is so soft and creamy.

It feels more like you’re eating a slice of cake than bread.

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The creamy taste and texture is different than most banana breads.

Once you try it, you’ll never go back.

How to Make Cream Cheese Banana Bread

This recipe all starts by creaming together your butter, sugar, and cream cheese until light and fluffy.
Next, you add in your wet ingredients and basic baking ingredients including eggs, milk, vanilla, baking powder, and salt.
From there, you’ll add in your flour and then your mashed ripe bananas and additional flour.
I like to butter mymini bread loaf pans and then sprinkle with flour so the banana bread doesn’t stick to the loaf pans. Then, fill in the pans and bake!

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Just slice, dab on a small slab of butter, and eat away.

Just a warning, you will want seconds… and thirds.

FAQ’s About This Cream Cheese Banana Bread Recipe:

Q: Can I make banana bread in a large bread loaf pan?
A: Yes, you can make banana bread in a large loaf pan, mini loaf pan, or even a muffin pan. You’ll just need to adjust your cooking times based on the overall individual size of your end result. For example, muffins will cook faster than mini loaves.

Q: Does banana bread need time to rise?
A: No, you won’t need to wait for banana bread to rise. Just fill up your loaf pans and bake!

Q: What kind of mix-ins would be yummy in banana bread?
A: Adding mix-ins can be a fun way to add variety to this yummy banana bread! A few starter ideas include adding chocolate chips, brown sugar, dried fruit, nuts, or even some cinnamon sugar!

Q: Can I make this substitution to the cream cheese banana bread?
A: I follow this recipe as written, so I don’t have experience with a wide range of possible substitutions. In most cases, if you are switching in a product you often use in place of one of the listed ingredients it should work just fine!

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Cream Cheese Banana Bread Recipe

Yield: 4 mini loaves

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 35 minutes

Total Time: 45 minutes

So soft, this cream cheese banana bread is moist like pound cake and so flavorful. Bake in mini loaves for easy neighbor gifts for the holidays.

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
4 oz cream cheese, softened
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
2 cups flour, divided
4 small ripe bananas (2-3 large)

Instructions

Cream together butter, sugar, and cream cheese.
Add eggs, milk, vanilla, baking powder, and salt, and mix until just combined.
Add in 1 and 1/2 cups of flour, and stir until blended, being careful not to overmix.
Mash your ripe bananas, then add them to the mixture with the remaining 1/2 cup of flour. Mix until just combined.
Butter 4mini bread loaf pans. Sprinkle a little flour in each, and shake to spread the flour along the edges.
Use your 1 cup measuring cup to scoop the batter into yourmini loaf pans.
Bake at 350°F for 35 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean in the center.

Notes

If using one large or two medium loaf pans in place of mini muffin pans, start with 50 minutes baking time, and check every couple of minutes until done.

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FAQs

What happens when you substitute brown sugar for white sugar in banana bread? ›

You'll likely notice a more robust flavor, and the finished baked goods' color may also be darker. These color, flavor, and texture alterations come from how brown sugar is made.

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Why use mushy bananas for banana bread? ›

Ripe bananas are not only softer and easier to mash and blend into a batter, but they are also sweeter, which is why baking recipes specifically call for ripe bananas in ingredient lists. As the bananas ripen, the fruit converts starches to sugars, making them sweeter and more flavorful.

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Why does banana bread taste better the second day? ›

When the bread is fresh from the oven, there's still a lot of moisture in the bread. But by the second day, a lot of it has left leaving essentially the equivalent of dried fruit in a loaf of bread.

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At what point should you not use bananas for banana bread? ›

If black bananas are spotted with mold, then it's time to step away! You absolutely should not use them for banana bread or consume them at all.

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How black is too black for banana bread? ›

The best bananas for banana bread aren't yellow; they're black. Or they're at least streaked with black/brown, with just the barest hint of green at the stem. And again, the darker the better: there's no such thing as a too-ripe banana when you're making banana bread.

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What happens if I put too much banana in my banana bread? ›

Banana bread recipes typically ask you to use overripe bananas so that they're easier to mush. This means it's tempting to toss all your bananas into the mix when you're ready to bake, to avoid food waste. But if you add too much of the fruit into your batter, your bread could turn out mushy, heavy, and wet.

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What happens if you use brown sugar instead of white in baking? ›

Brown sugar, meanwhile, is dense and compacts easily, creating fewer air pockets during creaming—that means that there's less opportunity to entrap gas, creating cookies that rise less and spread more. With less moisture escaping via steam, they also stay moist and chewy.

Does brown sugar have the same effect as white sugar? ›

Health experts say that moderation is key while consuming brown or white sugar. Brown sugar may be better than white sugar for baking recipes and rich in flavor. While both sugars impact blood sugar levels, regardless of type, they can lead to weight gain, dental issues, and an increased risk of health problems.

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Can I use brown sugar to beat egg white? ›

Conclusion: For my case whipping brown sugar with egg whites resulted in a denser sponge cake. So I'd recommend sticking to granulated sugar but if you run out of it brown sugar is still a good option, just that it might not give you the texture you want.

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