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Banana Bread slices with melting Butter.
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Banana Bread

Save those brown Bananas for a delicious snack the kids will love.
Course Snack
Cuisine American
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Resting Time 15 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 35 minutes
Servings 2 Loaves

Ingredients

Wet Ingredients

  • 4-5 Bananas Very ripe and Frozen
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 1/2 cup Vegetable Oil
  • 1 cup Sour Cream
  • 4 Eggs

Dry Ingredients

  • 3 cup Flour
  • 2 tsp Baking Soda
  • 2 tsp Baking Powder
  • pinch Salt

Instructions

  • I find the best thing is to get my loaf pans ready before I start with anything else. Grab approximately 1 Tbsp of Butter and with your fingers ( or your finger wrapped with parchment paper )and smear it all over the inside of the pans. Don't forget the corners.
  • Drop approximately 1 Tbsp of Flour into the bottom of the pan and tilt until all the Butter is cover with Flour. Set aside, turn the oven on to 325°F and start making the batter.

Wet Ingredients

  • Thaw the Bananas, peel and place into the bowl of your kitchen mixer. If you don't have a mixer do not fear, use a hand whisk or fork. Because the Bananas are frozen they are very soft and easy to mix.
  • Add the Sugar, Vegetable Oil and Sour Cream to the Bananas and mix. Once they are all mixed together add the Eggs one at a time and finish with the Salt.

Dry Ingredients

  • It is easier if you measure the Flour, Baking Powder, Baking Soda and a pinch of Salt together first. Add about a third of the Flour mixture to the Bananas and mix. Continue with the rest of the Flour mixture, a third at a time until completely combined.
  • Divide evenly into the loaf pans and place on the bottom rack in the oven.
  • Start to check for doneness after an hour and fifteen minutes. You should have a nice brown top and a skewer poked into the middle comes out clean.
  • After the skewer comes out clean turn the oven off and open the oven door slightly. Leave the loaves in the oven for another 10 - 15 minutes with the door open. Cooling them slowly in the oven will help reduce the amount they collapse.
  • Grab the Butter and have fun!

Notes

      If you plan to add Nuts, Raisins or anything else it is best to add after 2/3rds of the Flour has been mixed in. Add the Nuts and then finish with the last 1/3rd of Flour.
I usually add approximately 1/2 C of extras per Loaf.