Banana-Date Bread

• 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/3 cups mashed ripe banana (about 2)
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 large egg
• 1/3 cup chopped dates
• Cooking spray
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon chilled butter or stick margarine, cut into small pieces

1. Preheat oven to 350u0b0.
2. Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, soda, and salt in a bowl. Place banana and next 3 ingredients in a bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until blended. Add flour mixture; stir just until moist. Stir in dates. Pour batter into an 8 x 4-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray.
3. Combine brown sugar, 2 tablespoons flour, and cinnamon in a small bowl. Cut in butter with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal. Sprinkle evenly over batter.
4. Bake at 350u0b0 for 50 to 55 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes; remove from pan, and cool completely.

flour, baking soda, salt, mashed ripe banana, sugar, vegetable oil, egg, dates, cooking spray, brown sugar, flour, ground cinnamon, butter

Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/banana-date-bread (may not work)