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For the crumb topping, in a medium bowl, combine the sugar and salt. Stir in melted butter. Add cookie crumbs and flour and stir until combined. Spread the crumb mixture on a parchment paper lined baking sheet and let it dry, breaking apart any large pieces to form coarse crumbs as the mixture dries.
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For the bread, preheat the oven to 350u00b0F. Grease (6) 5x3-inch loaf pans or (2) 9x5-inch loaf pans. Set aside.
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In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and pudding mix. Set the dry ingredients aside.
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In a medium bowl, whisk the eggs and sugar until combined. Whisk in oil, banana, vanilla and banana extract. Stir in zucchini.
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Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add the zucchini mixture. Stir just until everything is combined-do not over mix.
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Place a single layer of whole vanilla wafers in the bottom of each prepared loaf pan. You may have to cut some of the cookies in half.
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Divide the batter between the loaf pans. Spread the crumb topping evenly over top of each loaf. There's a lot of crumb topping so it makes a pretty thick layer. Press the topping down lightly with a fork to help it adhere to the batter.
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I like placing the loaf pans on a large baking sheet and transferring that to the oven-it makes moving the breads a lot easier. Just make sure when using the mini loaves that there is space between each pan when picking a baking sheet. Bake at 350u00b0F for 35-40 minutes for the mini loaves, 45-55 minutes for the larger loaves, or until a pick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean.
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Let cool in pan for 10 minutes. Run a knife around the edge of each loaf. Place a piece of waxed paper under a wire rack. Take a paper towel to hold against the top of the bread when tipping it out of the pan. That keeps a good amount of the topping from falling off. Place breads on wire racks and cool completely. Any of the crunchy topping that does fall off can be put in a container and used to sprinkle over ice cream-it's delicious!
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Makes 2 full size loaves or 6 mini loaves.
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Note: I found that it takes more than 1 box of vanilla wafer cookies to have enough for the crumb topping and lining the pan.
