Cinnamon Swirl Banana Bread


I hate banana bread!   But my mom made this and I loved it!  Then she told me it was banana bread!  I was a little bit mad, but it was so cinnamony sugary I couldn't taste the bananas and I will eat more even if it does have bananas in it, because it was SO GOOD!!!!!
 
For the bread:

• 3 over-ripe bananas, smashed up
• 1/3 cup melted butter
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp baking soda
• dash of salt
• 1 1/2 cups flour

For the swirl:

• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 Tbs cinnamon

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Butter and flour a loaf pan.
3. Mix bananas, butter, sugar, egg, and vanilla together. 
4. In a separate bowl combine flour, baking soda and salt.
5. Gently stir in flour to wet mixture. Be careful not to over-mix!

FOR THE SWIRL:

1. In a small dish, mix together the sugar and cinnamon.
2. Add 1/2 of the batter to the loaf pan and then sprinkle half, or a little more than half of the cinnamon-sugar mixture all over the batter in the pan. Add the rest of the batter, and then sprinkle the leftover cinnamon-sugar on top.
3. Bake for 50-60 minutes FOR A LARGE LOAF or 30 minutes for a small loaf.