Our Most Popular New Recipe Last Week Is So Much Better Than Banana Bread

This is the dessert collab of the season.

We get it: the after-holiday baking rut is real, so we’re here to help you ease into the swing of spring baking with an effortlessly tasty treat. And, in this season of soaring egg prices, when we’re almost desperate for delicious egg-less desserts, we’ve got the one to try.

Our most popular recipe last week combines the best of a quick bread and a cookie to give you a cinnamony-sweet dessert unlike any you’ve had before. Plus, it’ll use up your overripe bananas in a baked good other than (and even tastier than) banana bread.

The Top Dessert Mash-Up of the Week

Introducing: Banana Snickerdoodle Bars. Recipe creator Kim calls her creation "a tasty cross between banana bread and snickerdoodle cookies," combining the best of a fluffy loaf and a chewy cookie. These simple, no-fuss bars are a marriage of two favorite flavors, with a texture that’s soft, thick, and irresistibly delicious.

If you’ve ever had a snickerdoodle, you know it's all about that crackly cinnamon-sugar coating, which is why these cake-like bars have a cinnamon-sugar crust baked right on top (and just wait for the aroma that will fill your kitchen!).

One Allrecipes member raves, “Absolutely delish!! Didn't change a thing.” User CALGLAD adds, “I didn't have any cream of tartar, so I made it without it. Was still great!”

P.S. Don’t forget to check out our top spring dinner of the week, too.

Why We Love It

Our community of bakers loved this recipe last week, and we have a few theories as to why.

As it turns out, bananas and snickerdoodles are a match made in baked-good heaven—the cinnamony-sweet taste is the flavor of pure comfort. The simple recipe uses ingredients that already live in your pantry and fridge, so there will be no need to run out to the store. Plus, you can finally use up the brown bananas that have been staring at you for days, and you don’t even need to shell out for expensive eggs.

Unlike cookies, the cookie-bar form eliminates the need to roll out two dozen dough balls (because some days, you simply don’t have the patience).

Finally, we love a recipe that builds baking confidence and this simple, yet impressive dessert is just that. One Allrecipes reviewer shares, “My first snickerdoodle. It was the first thing I made from scratch. I was proud of myself. Taste(s) as if I know what I'm doing.”

So, just for this season, consider retiring your banana bread recipe and letting this unique sweet carry you through spring. This recipe mash-up is sure to become a quick favorite.

Get the Recipe: Banana Snickerdoodle Bars