Maple Apple Banana Bread: A Treat for Fall

🧂 Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter

  room temperature (1 stick)
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 3 tablespoons sour cream
• 3 tablespoon pure maple syrup
• 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 2 apples

  cored and shredded or chopped (peeled or unpeeled)
• 2 ripe bananas

  mashed

Instructions

• 1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9 x 5 x 4-1/2 inch loaf
  pan.
• 2 In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon,
  salt, and cloves. Set aside.
• 3 Using a handheld electric mixer or a stand mixer, cream together room
  temperature butter with both granulated sugar and brown sugar until light and
  fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, followed by the sour cream, maple syrup,
  and vanilla. Fold in the mashed banana.
• 4 Grate and finely mince the apples and add to the dry ingredients. Then fold the
  dry ingredients with the apples into the egg and butter mixture just until
  incorporated but without any dry flour streaks. Transfer the batter to the
  prepared baking pan. Sprinkle cinnamon sugar over the top if desired.
• 5 Bake for 60 to 65 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out
  clean.
• 6 If the bread becomes darker than you like, loosely cover it with foil toward the
  end of baking. Remove the bread from the oven and let sit in the pan for 10
  minutes before turning out onto a rack to cool completely.

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