Sour Cream Banana Bread

One day a few months back I had a bunch of very ripe bananas and had the craving for banana bread.  In all the recipes I have, I couldn't find a single one for banana bread.  I went to cooks.com to see what I could find.  I scrolled through the endless banana bread recipes there and found one that had ingredients I had on hand that day.  I have to say I think I got pretty lucky.  It was the first recipe I found and I haven't had the desire to try any others since.  I think the sour cream is the secret ingredient.  The flavor is amazing, and it's such an easy recipe.

  I usually make four mini loaves out of this recipe and sprinkle turbinado sugar (the same sugar I use on my  gingersnaps) on the top.  I put the sugar on the loaves about 15-20 minutes into the baking time.  If you do it too soon it melts in, and if you do it too late it won't stick. 

Sour Cream Banana Bread

1 C. sugar

 1⁄2 C. butter

 2 eggs

1 C. mashed bananas (very ripe) 
1⁄2 C. sour cream

2 C. flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1⁄4 tsp. salt

1⁄2 C. nuts (optional)

1⁄2 tsp. vanilla

Sift dry ingredients together; set aside. Cream sugar and butter. Beat in eggs, bananas, and sour cream. Add dry ingredients, nuts, and vanilla. Place in pan and let stand for about 10 minutes. Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes.  Enjoy!

This has nothing to do with banana bread, but do you love quotes?  I could get lost on Pinterest for hours just reading quotes.  I thought it might be fun to share some of my favorite quotes every now and again.  

Here's my quote for today.

“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”

-Thomas Edison