Share Worthy Banana Bread

A few years ago my sister in-law gave me a Mickey Mouse cookbook.  The only recipe I ever used was the banana bread.  It was super easy and got rave reviews.
Last week it was time to make more since I needed room in my freezer.  Bananas seem to ripen faster than we can eat them so I freeze them when they get over ripe and use them for banana bread later.  It takes about 5 thawed bananas to make 2 cups of mashed bananas for the recipe.
Mickey's recipe called for so much butter that I wanted to experiment and see if I could reduce the fat a little.  I had about a cup of Light Sour Cream in the fridge and tried substituting sour cream for butter.  I also used granulated AND brown sugar this time.  I thought the brown sugar would add a little somthin' somthin'.  The recipe made 2 loaves and as soon it was done and out of the pans I took a warm loaf over to my new neighbor.  I am so lucky I have great neighbors that don't mind being my baking guinea pigs. Anyway, I put the bread on her counter and when I came back 2 minutes later I found that she wasted NO TIME to try the bread.  When I asked her how it was she said "Girl, this is the best banana bread I've ever had, you could sell it!"  I was speechless and so excited!
So, try this and see how it works out for you.

Pre heat oven to 350 degrees

1 Stick of Butter, Melted
1 C Light Sour Cream
1 C Granulated Sugar
1 C Brown Sugar
2 Eggs
2 C Mashed Bananas
1/4 tsp Vanilla Extract
3 C Flour
1/2 tsp Salt
2 tsp Baking Soda
1 C Walnuts or Pecans, Chopped (optional)


Sift together flour, salt and baking soda.  Set aside.
Mix melted butter and granulated and brown sugars until well blended.  Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each.  Add bananas and vanilla. Fold in flour mixture and nuts until batter is moist.
Grease 2 loaf pans and divide batter equally between the 2 pans.

Bake for 1 hour or until the center of the loaf is firm and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.  Let cool on cooling racks for at least 10 minutes before removing from the pan.  Then continue cooling on the cooling racks.

By all means cut it while warm!  Yummy