Bestest Ever Banana Bread

Submitted by Cuistot

"This recipe is so old the paper is yellowed and stained! It's a staple in our house and has been used for muffins, cake or bread. I've added cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg to really spice it up, or chocolate chips and nuts to make a special treat. It's always a huge hit and freezes well. It's moist, light and fluffy. This will make 4 loaves, so you may want to half it. But I like making two loaves and then a bunch of muffins, one loaf will get delivered to a neighbor, the other devoured by the kids and the muffins get frozen and pulled out for breakfast treats."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 4 loaves

ingredients

• 4 teaspoons baking soda
• 3 cups sour cream
• 1 cup butter
• 3 cups sugar
• 6 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 4 -5 bananas, over ripe and mashed
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 5 cups flour

directions

1. mix sour cream and baking soda in a bowl, allow to sit and get foamy.
2. grease and flour pans, and preheat oven to 350.
3. cream butter, sugar and eggs.
4. add sour cream mixture, vanilla, salt and bananas, mix well.
5. slowly add in flour as you mix.
6. a 9x5 loaf pan takes about an hour to cook and is done when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Reviews

[Alia55]

This is a delicious banana bread. The addition of sour cream made it really moist and tasty! I halved the recipe and got 2 smaller loaves. This is definately a recipe I will be making again and again.

 

[Kitzy]

This is a really tasty bread. I halved the recipe and got one big loaf out of it. I used yoghurt instead of sour cream and it seemed to do the job fine. Thanks!

 

[gertc96]

This was really good... I used 5 very ripe bananas and also added about 3 tps of cinnamon and a dash of nutmeg... The flavor was perfect.... I just took the muffins out of the oven.... I'm preparing three loaves and a dozen muffins from the whole recipe..... I hope to get some good pictures as soon as the loaves are finished.... Thanks so much for sharing....

 

[Sam 3]

I made the full recipe and got 3 loaves out of it. They took 1 hour 10 mins to come out done. 1 loaf is already gone so I'll have to rush one into the freezer before the 2 left dissapear! It was a very interesting way to make it. I've never heard of sour cream in banana bread before. Even with 5 bananas, I didn't find it had enough flavor though, so next time I'll be adding cinnamon or something to it.

 

[2Bleu]

I halved this recipe and got 1 loaf and 4 jumbo muffins. I added chopped pecans also. This is a very unique way to make banana bread but very delicious. It's very light, moist and yummy. The loaf was done in 55 minutes. I didn't time the muffins, as I put them in the oven at the same time as the loaf and did not set a timer for them. I sent the loaf over to my MIL's and kept the muffins for me (Buddha is not crazy for banana bread). Next time I would definitely add some spice, as in the description, and maybe some ground ginger too. Thanks for sharing your recipe.