Recipes

You probably have bananas that are turning brown on your sink right now. This is awfully tasty recipe, but I can’t get it to rise much.

Banana Nut Bread: Bon Appétit

Preheat oven to 350º F.

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon sour cream
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 mashed ripe bananas
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans

Optional ingredients: dash of cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla and salt.

Directions:
Butter 9×5-inch loaf pan.
Combine sour creme and baking soda in small bowl.
Using electric mixer, cream butter and sugar in large bowl.
Beat in eggs, bananas and sour cream mixture.
Sift in flour and baking powder.
Stir in nuts.
Spoon mixture into prepared pan.

Bake until toothpick inserted into center comes out mostly clean and loaf is golden brown, about 55 minutes. Cool in pan for 10 minutes and then turn loaf out onto rack to cool. Great warm, or with a dab of butter.