Cinnamon-Banana Bread

Ingredients:
Bread:
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 cup butter, divided
2 ripe bananas, cut into small pieces
1/2 cup chopped pecans [i didn’t have any so i used chocolate chips]
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 tbsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
Frosting:
1 1/4 cup confectioners sugar
1 pkg. cream cheese, softened.

Directions:

Bread:

1. Preheat oven to 350. Combine brown sugar and 1/2 cup butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring until the butter is melted. Add bananas and pecans, stirring until well coated. Cool to room temperature.
2. In a large bowl, cream remaining butter and granulated sugar until fluffy. Beat in eggs. In another bowl sift together the next 4 ingredients. Mix the dry ingredients into the creamed mixture. Stir in banana mix. divide batter evenly between 2 greased 3 1/2 x 6 3/4 inch loaf pans. Bake 45-50 minutes, cool in pan for 10 minutes. Turn onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Frosting:

1. Combine cream cheese and sugar in medium bowl. Using medium speed of electric mixer until smooth. Drizzle frosting over bread. Store in airtight container.

*Notes:
if you’re going to put chocolate chips in instead of pecans mix them in after cause if you mix them in when you’re supposed to put in the pecans then they melt and the bread feels gooey even after it’s cooked.