Sour Cream Banana Bread

Every home cook needs one truly great banana bread recipe, and this is it. Those freckled, forgotten bananas on your counter are about to become something wonderful.

 

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter

1 cup scant sugar

2 eggs

1-1/2 cups all purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup mashed bananas, about 3 freckled bananas

1/2 cup sour cream

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 cup broken pecans, toasted if desired 

 

Directions:

Cream butter and sugar, add eggs, and mix well. Sift flour, soda and salt and combine with the butter mixture.

Add bananas, sour cream and vanilla and stir well.

Add nuts.

Pour into a 9x5x3 loaf pan or several smaller loaf pans.

Bake at 350 degree oven for 45-50 minutes.