Our Favorite Banana Bread
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Our Favorite Banana Bread
Description
Our Favorite Banana Bread blends mashed bananas with a simple batter of flour, baking soda, salt, melted butter, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, and sour cream or plain Greek yogurt. Baking soda helps the bread rise while the sour cream maintains moisture and a tender crumb.
The loaf is baked in a 9x5 inch pan until a tester comes out clean, then cooled completely before slicing. Mini chocolate chips sprinkled on top add small pockets of sweet, melty chocolate that complement the banana flavor. The bread has a moderately dense texture and a rich, slightly sweet taste balanced by the tang of the sour cream.
This banana bread works well for breakfast, snacks, or an easy dessert. It stores well and can be sliced to share or freeze. The recipe adapts easily to different flavor additions or toppings while maintaining a moist, tender loaf.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter melted
- 1 cup brown sugar packed
- 2 egg large
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup bananas about 2 or 2.5 medium bananas, mashed
- ½ cup sour cream or plain Greek yogurt
- 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9x5 inch loaf pan with nonstick baking spray.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the melted butter and brown sugar. Whisk in the eggs one at a time. Whisk in the vanilla extract. Whisk in the mashed bananas.
- Stir in the dry ingredients until just combined. Stir in the sour cream until combined.
- Pour in the loaf pan. Sprinkle the mini chocolate chips in a single layer over the batter. Bake for 55 to 65 minutes, or until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Let cool completely before inverting and slicing.
Notes
- This recipe is slightly adapted from food.com.
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