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Easy Banana Bread Coffee Cake

12 servings | Prep Time: 15 Minutes | Start to Finish: 1 Hour 10 Minutes

• Coffee Cake
• 2 to 3 large ripe bananas, mashed (about 1⅓ cups)
• ⅔ cup granulated sugar
• ¼ cup milk
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3 eggs
• 2⅔ cups Original Bisquick^TM mix
• ¾ cup chopped walnuts or pecans
• 1 large banana, sliced
• Streusel
• 1 cup Original Bisquick mix
• ½ cup chopped walnuts or pecans
• ½ cup packed brown sugar
• 6 tablespoons butter, cut into small pieces
• Serve-With, If Desired
• Real maple or maple-flavored syrup

1 Heat oven to 350°F. Grease 13 × 9-inch pan with shortening or spray with cooking spray.

2 In large bowl, stir mashed bananas, granulated sugar, milk, oil, cinnamon and eggs. Stir in 2⅔ cups Bisquick mix and ¾ cup walnuts. Fold in sliced banana. Pour mixture into pan. In medium bowl, mix streusel ingredients, cutting in butter with pastry blender or fork until crumbly. Sprinkle over mixture in pan.

3 Bake 30 to 36 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes. Cut into 4 rows by 3 rows. Serve warm with syrup. Store remaining coffee cake covered up to 3 days.

1 Serving: Calories 460; Total Fat 24g (Saturated Fat 7g, Trans Fat 1g); Cholesterol 60mg; Sodium 520mg; Total Carbohydrate 54g (Dietary Fiber 2g); Protein 6g Exchanges: 2 Starch, 1½ Other Carbohydrate, 4½ Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 3½

Sweet Secret Make this cake ahead, ready to bake when you are. Make as directed through step 2. Cover and refrigerate up to 12 hours. Uncover and bake as directed in step 3.