Healthier Banana Sour Cream Bread

Description

Esther is right! The sour cream makes this one so moist it melts in your mouth. I make it healthier by using light sour cream, whole wheat flour and less sugar and butter –and you know what? No one can tell the difference!

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons white sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ cup butter
  • 1 ½ cups white sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 6 very ripe bananas, mashed
  • 1 (16 ounce) container reduced fat sour cream
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 3 teaspoons baking soda
  • 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups white whole wheat flour
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts (Optional)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease four 7×3-inch loaf pans.
  2. Stir together 2 tablespoons white sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon in a small bowl. Dust pans lightly with sugar mixture.
  3. Beat butter and 1 1/2 cups sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Blend in eggs
  4. mashed bananas
  5. sour cream
  6. vanilla extract
  7. and 2 teaspoons cinnamon. Whisk together salt
  8. baking soda
  9. all-purpose flour
  10. and whole wheat flour in a bowl. Stir flour mixture into butter mixture until just combined; fold in nuts. Divide into prepared pans.
  11. Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean
  12. about 1 hour.

Prep Time: 10 mins

Cook Time: 1 hr

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Servings: 32

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