Bake Your Own: Banana Bread

I will be the first to admit this horrifying fact:  I hate baking!!!!!

I don't know why, but I think it's because it's so messy (flour/sugar/eggs/blech), takes a lot of work, and then I feel like I want to eat whatever I baked and it's usually not too healthy!

My aunt gave us banana bread last week, along with the recipe, so I decided this is one I would like to try and I am so glad I did. It's EASY and really tasty!

Sour Cream Banana Bread

1/4 cup white sugar

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

3/4 cup butter

3 cups white sugar

3 eggs

6 very ripe bananas, mashed

1 (16oz) container sour cream

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon salt

3 teaspoons baking soda

4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 cup chopped walnuts (optional--my aunt used them, I did not)

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
• Grease four 7x3 inch pans (she used 8 small loaf pans; I used 5 small, 2 large)
• In a small bowl, stir together 1/4 cup white sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon.
• Dust pans lightly with cinnamon and sugar mixture.

• In a large bowl, cream butter and 3 cups sugar
• Mix in eggs, mashed bananas, sour cream, vanilla, and cinnamon.
• Mix in salt, baking soda and flour.
• Stir in nuts.
• Divide into prepared pans.
• Bake for one hour*, until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

*The little pans are fully baked after 45 minutes, the larger take an hour.  When you touch the top of the bread, it should be springy.



I do not know where she got this recipe, as I only have a copied paper, but thank you to whoever created it...YUM!!!!!