Banana Bread with Cinnamon Crumble Topping

So it's day 4 of the chocolate strike. Jessie and I began our 12 step program Monday night at approximately 8pm (after I consumed about half a brownie pan). So we admit it: we're chocoholics. That's the first step. Can you blame us?

A mutual friend claims if you rid your body of a certain food for a week, after 7 days you will no longer crave it. Not so sure we believe it, but to honor our chocolate strike we decided to make something equally delicious: BANANA BREAD!!! Who needs chocolate when you have warm, moist, banana bread, with crumbly cinnamon/sugar topping to eat? Honey is the secret that makes this bread great. You're supposed to let it cool for 30 minutes on a wire rack after baking but we started eating it right away..it's hard not to, so good. (might be even better with chocolate chips...damn chocolate strike!)

For bread:
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. salt
3 mashed ripe medium bananas
2 large eggs
½ cup vegetable oil
¼ cup honey
¼ cup water
optional: ¼ cup crushed walnuts for that extra crunch

For topping:
2 Tbsp. sugar
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
2 ½ Tbsp. packed dark brown sugar (we added a bit more..)

Directions:
-Preheat the oven to 350° F.
-Spray a 9 x 5 inch metal loaf pan lightly with cooking spray and then line it with parchment paper (we just used wax paper). Spray the pan again.
-Whisk together the flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt in one medium bowl. In another medium bowl whisk together the wet ingredients. Add the dry ingredients to the wet and stir well. Stir in walnuts if desired. Scrape the batter into your prepared pan.
-In a small bowl, mix together the topping ingredients and sprinkle them evenly over the batter.
-Bake the bread until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean (about 55 minutes to an hour depending on your oven).
-Cool the bread in the pan on a wire rack for 30 minutes. Then carefully remove the bread from the pan, taking care not to dislodge the topping. Let cool completely before slicing. (unless you're like us!)

Yield: 1 loaf

Adapted from Orangette