Happy Nesting
I make a pretty mean banana bread and decided to bake one as a house warming gift. I wrapped it in a cute, 49¢ Ikea dish cloth. Pretty and practical, what could be better?
I spice mine up with cinnamon, ginger and ground cloves. I also use sour cream to make it extra moist. I recommend it warm with butter or if you have it, lemon curd!
You will need:
Four very ripe bananas
1.5 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar (you can add more if you like it really sweet)
1/2 cup sour cream
1 egg
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 stick butter softened
1 tsp vanilla
(optional spices)
1 tbls cinnamon
1/4 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp ground cloves
Preheat oven to 350º and grease the inside of your bread pan (I use a little of the butter before I soften it in the microwave)… In large bowl, mash the bananas then add all the other ingredients and use a hand mixer to combine. Pour into bread pan and back for about 40 to 55 minutes (till tooth pick comes out clean. Easy and good!
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Reader Comments (10)
Hello!
I just dicovered your wonderful blog (and the pictures from your beautiful house) via the sfgirlbybay-blog!
Thank you for sharing - and thanks for that banana bread recipe! It looks yummy, I have to try it ;)
Hope you have a lovely week!!!
ToneF :o)
YUM! Sounds really delicious!!!
ooooh - I want banana bread! Can I be your new neighbor???
I like banana bread lately and wanted to make one. Yours looks delicious and easy to make. I'll try it. :)
Now I have to go get some banana.
Love the wrapper and will have to try the banna bread. Your blog rocks!
I love that idea...however I think I will substitute your recipe for mine in the next house warming gift. :)
HI! I've been enjoying your blog! Poppped in from the Kindle social Network, and have been following ever since! I'm posting here because I tried your banana bread recipe, mmmmm! Didn't last long either! ( a scant 24 hours)
Thank-you for sharing!
I made this last night... I only had two bananas, so I threw in a couple of handfuls of chopped dried apricots, too, and used nutmeg in lieu of ginger, which I was also missing. Delicious! The sour cream makes it dense and moist. Mine didn't rise nearly as much as yours, though.
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