Name: Sour Cream Banana Bread
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 1 servings
Cuisine: North America
Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter, softened; 1 cup sugar; 2 large eggs, room temperature; 3 medium ripe bananas, mashed; 1/2 cup sour cream; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, optional

This sour cream banana bread has plenty of warm banana flavor, plus a slight tang from a half cup of sour cream.

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened

1 cup sugar

2 large eggs, room temperature

3 medium ripe bananas, mashed

1/2 cup sour cream

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, optional

Instructions

1 Mix wet ingredients

2 Preheat the oven to 350°F. In a large bowl, use a hand mixer or stand mixer to cream together the butter and sugar. Beat in the eggs until combined, then beat in the mashed bananas, sour cream and vanilla extract until blended. Editor’s Tip: It may seem like a lot of time, but you’ll need to cream the butter and sugar for five to seven minutes. By the end, the mixture should look pale and fluffy.

3 Combine with dry ingredients

4 In a separate bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients: all-purpose flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and, if desired, the cinnamon. Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients just until combined.

5 Bake the banana bread

6 Transfer to a greased 9x5-inch loaf pan. Bake the loaf until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 50 to 55 minutes. Cool the loaf at room temperature in its pan for 10 minutes. Remove the loaf from the pan and onto a wire rack to cool completely to room temp.