Banana Nut Bread

My entire family likes this recipe, although a couple prefer it without the nuts. I love that I don't have to toss out overripe bananas.

BANANA NUT BREAD

(makes 1 loaf or 8-10 mini loafs)

Ingredients:

*1/4 cup white sugar

*1 teaspoon cinnamon

*1/2 cup butter, softened

*1 cup white sugar

*2 eggs, room temperature

*1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

*1 teaspoon baking soda

*1 teaspoon baking powder

*1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

*1 3/4 cups flour

*1/2 teaspoon salt

*1/2 cup sour cream

*1/2 cup walnuts, chopped

*3 medium bananas, over ripe, mashed

Directions:

~Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

~Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan or mini loaf pans

~Stir 1/4 cup white sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon together.

~Dust loaf pan with cinnamon sugar.

~In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar.

~Mix in the eggs one at a time.

~Stir in vanilla, mix well.

~Add flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt into the butter mixture.

~Mix until smooth.

~Fold in sour cream, bananas, & nuts.

~Pour into loaf pan.

~Spread out mixture so it's lays even in the pan.

~Bake for 40-60 minutes (20-30 for mini loafs), or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean.

~Remove from oven and let cool for ten minutes.

~Remove bread from loaf pan and let cool completely on a wire rack.

Variations:

`add 1 cup fresh blueberries

`add 1 cup chocolate chips

`omit walnuts

`substitute walnuts for pecans

`omit nuts

Helpful Hint:

-whenever your bananas get to ripe to eat, peel, mash and put them in freezer bags, and freeze until you are ready to bake breads.