Cinnamon Swirl Cream Cheese Banana Bread

We love banana bread at this house!!   We hate bananas, but, love the bread.    Once I made this recipe, it was really hard to go back to eating our normal banana bread.   So, don't make this unless you want to get spoiled!   It is divine.

Ingredients

• 3 over-ripe mashed bananas
• ⅓ cup melted butter
• ¾ cup sugar
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1½ cups flour
• ½ cup chopped walnuts 
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• For the cinnamon swirl:
• ⅓ cup sugar
• 1 Tbs cinnamon
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• For the Cream Cheese Center:
• 4 ounce cream cheese, room temperature
• ¼ cup sugar
• 1 egg

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan and set aside.
2. In a large bowl mix bananas, butter, sugar, egg, vanilla, baking soda, salt and flour until just incorporated. Do not over mix. Fold in walnuts. Spread ½ of the mixture into the bottom of the loaf pan.
3. Next make the cinnamon swirl. Mix the cinnamon and sugar in a small bowl and sprinkle a little more than half on top of the banana mixture in loaf pan.
4. To make the cream cheese center: In a small bowl beat the cream cheese, sugar, and egg until smooth. Spread on top of the cinnamon sugar mixture.
5. Spread remaining banana bread batter on top of the cream cheese mixture. Sprinkle with remaining cinnamon sugar. Bake for 50-60 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean when inserted.

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