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Banana Bread

One of the easiest and most satisfying things to make. Recipe from the Reluctant Entertainer.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time50 minutes
Total Time1 hour 5 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter softened to room temperature
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup mashed bananas about 3*
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 1/2 cups 195g flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • Optional: 1 cup chocolate chips or chopped walnuts or a mix of both

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease a 9" loaf pan.
  • My favorite way to mash bananas: put the bananas in a ziploc bag. Close the bag and squash the bananas. Turn the bag inside out and squeeze out banana when ready to use.
  • In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking soda, and salt.
  • In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy.
  • Switch mixer to high. Add eggs one at a time. Add mashed bananas, sour cream, and vanilla. Mix until combined.
  • Add flour mixture to wet mixture on low speed until just combined. Fold in optional chocolate chips or walnuts.
  • Pour into loaf pan.* Bake for 50 minutes. Cover loosely with foil 35 minutes in. When finished, let rest for 10 minutes in pan. Turn out onto a cooling rack and let rest until cool.

Notes

Bananas: Use bananas that are heavily speckled or lightly browned. You can use heavily browned but the taste comes off as slightly fermented to me.
For baking in other size pans: Jumbo muffins - 30 min, Mini loafs - 35-40 min, Regular size muffins: 20-23, Mini muffins: 13-15 min