Best Banana Bread

I've tried dozens of banana bread recipes 

over the years and this one is our favorite.

 It's moist with just a touch of cinnamon. 

Great with a cup of coffee. Serve warm with

 a little butter, or toasted the next day. 

It freezes well.  I always have a loaf to take

 on road trips for coffee breaks. 

You'll need very ripe bananas. Once your bananas

 are too brown to eat, make bread. Or pop them in

the freezer to use later. Occasionally you can get

overripe  bananas free from your produce guy. 

They just throw them out. Then you always

 have bananas in the freezer ready to go.

About 3 bananas will give you 1 to 1-1/2  C mashed.
I use a hand mixer to mash them. Then add the
 sour cream and baking soda. Stir to combine. 

In another bowl, use the same hand mixer to
 cream the butter and sugar until fluffy.
Mix in the eggs one at a time. Add vanilla.
Add the bananas and sour cream mixture.
Mix until well combined. 

Tip: I always use the butter wrapper to grease

 the pans. One 9x5x3 loaf pan or 3 small pans.

Add the flour, cinnamon, and pinch salt. 

Stir in the nuts. Pour into a greased loaf pan and
bake @350º for 1 hour (to 1 hour and  10 minutes)
or until a cake tester inserted into the center
comes out without wet batter.
Cool in pan for 10 minutes before turning out. 

Best Banana Bread
1 stick butter, room temperature (see tip)
1 C sugar
2 eggs
1 t vanilla
3 bananas, very ripe, mashed for 1 to 1-1/2 C 
1/2 C sour cream
1 t baking soda
1-1/2 C flour
1 t cinnamon
1/4 t salt
1/2 C chopped pecans

 In a medium bowl, mash the bananas with a mixer.

   Add the sour cream and baking soda. Set aside.

 In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar with

    the mixer until fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a
time. Add vanilla. Mix in the banana-sour cream
 mixture. Add the flour, cinnamon, salt, and
 pecans; mix until combined. Pour into a
buttered loaf pan. Bake at 350º for 1 hour. 

    Cool in the pan for 10 minutes

 then invert and turn onto a small platter.

Tip: To soften the butter put it in the glass bowl
        in the microwave for 1  minute on 3% power.

Enjoy!

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