Classic Sour Cream-Banana Bread

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This moist and nutty banana bread may well be the best you've ever made. Break out the sour cream—and watch the video to see how it's done.

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Sour Cream
• 1 cup mashed fully ripe bananas (about 3)
• 2-1/4 cups flour
• 1-1/2 tsp. CALUMET Baking Powder
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 cup chopped PLANTERS Walnuts

Details

Preparation time 15mins
Cooking time 75mins
Adapted from kraftrecipes.com

Preparation

Step 1

Heat oven to 350ºF.

Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add eggs and sour cream; mix well. Add bananas and combined dry ingredients alternately; mix just until moistened. Stir in nuts.

Pour into greased and floured 9x5-inch loaf pan.

Bake 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 min.; remove from pan to wire rack. Cool completely before slicing. Refrigerate leftovers.

Kitchen Tips

Special Extra:
Mix 2 Tbsp. sugar and 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon. Dust greased pan with half the sugar mixture. (No need to flour the greased pan.) Pour batter into pan, sprinkle with remaining sugar mixture and bake as directed.

Maple-Glazed Banana Bread:
Bake and cool bread as directed. Mix 1/2 cup powdered sugar and 2 Tbsp. plus 1 tsp. maple-flavored or pancake syrup. Drizzle over bread. Let stand until glaze is firm.

For 5 Mini Loaves:
Prepare batter as directed; pour into 5 (6x3-inch) foil pans sprayed with cooking spray. Bake 30 min. or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Makes 15 servings.

Nutritional Information

Serving Size 16 servings
AMOUNT PER SERVING
Calories 240
Total fat 11g
Saturated fat 4g
Cholesterol 40mg
Sodium 200mg
Carbohydrate 31g
Dietary fiber 1g
Sugars 15g
Protein 4g