Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Chocolate Chip Banana Bread



I love having bananas. I buy them often because my husband and my son love them, but the best part is when they go bad. Very baaaaaad. Well, not that bad because then I can't use them, but you know, when they're so mushy and soft that they're practically inedible? There are so many banana recipes out there, but I decided to use this recipe. I love using sour cream in my cakes. It makes the end product so moist. I decided to make 12 muffins and 2 loaves instead of 4 loaves. This recipes makes a whole lotta banana bread. Oh, and I added the chocolate chips because I love them. This recipe is from allrecipes.com and it got over 2000 glowing reviews. It's gotta be good, right? My house smells amazing right now.

Ingredients

1/4 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3/4 cup butter
3 cups white sugar
3 eggs
6 very ripe bananas, mashed
1 (16 ounce) container sour cream
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons baking soda
4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Directions

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease four 7x3 inch loaf pans. In a small bowl, stir together 1/4 cup white sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Dust pans lightly with cinnamon and sugar mixture.
In a large bowl, cream butter and 3 cups sugar. Mix in eggs, mashed bananas, sour cream, vanilla and cinnamon. Mix in salt, baking soda and flour. Stir in nuts. Divide into prepared pans.
Bake for 1 hour, until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

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