Cardamom Banana Bread with Pistachios

By Bostoncook

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups mashed banana, about 3 bananas
• 1/3 cup lowfat sour cream
• 1/2 teaspoon cardamom
• 1/3 cup pistachio nuts, finely chopped

Preparation

Step 1

1. Heat oven to 350.

2. Combine flour-salt.

3. Beat sugars and butter until well-blended. Beat in eggs one at a time. Add banana-sour cream, beat until blended. Add flour, beat in just until moist. Stir in pistachios.

4. Spoon into 9" sprayed loaf pan. Bake 1 hour, or until tester tests clean. Cool 10 mins in pan on rack, then out of pan on rack.

Notes: Excellent! Probably the fact that I love all things cardamom has something to do with it. Subs: Used whole wheat pastry flour for half of the all-purpose, cut down the sugar (white) by 2 tbsp, used eggbeaters, and walnuts and pecans instead of pistachios. Among the favorites of banana bread.