Old-Fashioned Fragrant Banana Bread
photo by Kat's Mom
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
-
1 loaf
- Serves:
- 8-12
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup banana, mashed (use very ripe bananas)
- 1⁄4 cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup walnuts, chopped
directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Generously spray a 9” x 5” loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray and place pan on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
- In a mixer bowl, cream butter and sugar until well blended.
- Add eggs, banana, sour cream, and vanilla.
- Fold in flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, scraping bowl often.
- Mix on low speed; then fold in walnuts.
- Spoon batter into prepared pan.
- Bake until bread springs back when gently pressed with fingertips, 50 to 55 minutes (it may have a crack in the center, this is common).
- If bread seems not quite done, reduce oven temperature to 325°F and bake 10 to 15 more minutes.
- Cool in pan 20 minutes; then turn out and cool on a wire rack.
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