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sour cream banana bread cut into slices.

Sour Cream Banana Bread

Brooke Homec
This sour cream banana bread is a quick and easy recipe, extremely moist from the bananas and sour cream, and full of so much flavor from the sweet bananas and spices. I am certain once you try it it will quickly become your staple recipe with all those brown bananas sitting on the counter.
5 from 31 votes
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 55 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Course Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American
Servings 10
Calories 321 kcal

Ingredients
 

  • ½ cup (113.5 g) butter melted
  • 1¼ cups (250 g) granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • ½ cup (118.29 ml) sour cream or greek yogurt
  • 1-1½ cups (225 g) mashed ripe bananas I usually just use 2 bananas and don't measure
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 2 cups (280 g) all purpose flour gluten free works great too
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ¾ teaspoon (0.75 teaspoon) salt
  • ½ teaspoon (0.5 teaspoon) cinnamon
  • ⅛ teaspoon (0.13 teaspoon) nutmeg
  • turbinado sugar for sprinkling on top

Instructions
 

  • Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9x5 loaf pan with nonstick spray, or line with parchment paper. 
  • Mash your brown bananas in a large mixing bowl. Add in melted butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla and sour cream and whisk until all mixed together well.
  • Add flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg and slowly mix, being careful not to over mix.
  • Pour the batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle with turbinado sugar or cinnamon and sugar if you'd like.
  • Bake for about 55-60 minutes. I always stick a toothpick into the center of the bread where it has cracked and looks more gooey. If it comes out clean, your bread is done. Bread will also be pulling away from the sides of the pan when done.
  • Allow to cool for 15-20 minutes in the pan before removing. Cutting the bread when it's too warm will result in bread that starts to fall apart.

Notes

Sometimes I use half sour cream and half buttermilk.
You can double this recipe for 2 loaves, or 4 mini loaves.
½ cup of chocolate chips is great in this recipe too!
I have given both cups and grams as measurements. Grams will be more precise, especially when measuring flour. If you don’t have a kitchen scale, no problem! Just lightly spoon flour into your measuring cup to insure it's not packed in there. Light and fluffy is the key.

Nutrition

Serving: 1sliceCalories: 321kcalCarbohydrates: 50gProtein: 5gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.4gCholesterol: 66mgSodium: 382mgPotassium: 150mgFiber: 1gSugar: 28gVitamin A: 390IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 31mgIron: 1mg
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