Cinnamon Toffee Banana Bread

My youngest Hungry Puppy is the force behind this post.  I don't do anything banana related unless I am coerced or have a load of brown bananas that nobody ate.  This case was definitely coercion.  My youngest Hungry Puppy asked if we could make banana bread, and we happened to have one lonely brown banana sitting on the counter.  You  know that I could never do just plain old ordinary banana bread, so we added cinnamon, cinnamon chips, and toffee bits, and it turned out quite well!  It's definitely a hit with both of my Hungry Puppies.

Cinnamon Toffee Banana Bread

6 Tablespoons butter, room temperature
2/3 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
2 medium to large bananas, mashed
1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup cinnamon chips
1 cup toffee bits
Demerara Sugar, optional
Cinnamon, optional

Preheat the oven to 350F.  Grease an 8x4 inch loaf pan.

Cream together the butter and sugar.  Beat in the eggs, followed by the mashed bananas.  Add the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon, and stir until just combined.  Stir in the cinnamon chips and toffee bits.  Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and smooth the top.  Sprinkle demerara sugar and cinnamon over the top of the batter.

Place the banana bread in the oven and bake for 50 to 55 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.  Run a knife around the edge of the bread to loosen from the pan.  Turn the bread out of the pan and let cool completely on a cooling rack.  Makes one 8x4 loaf.

Enjoy!  -Cardamommy