Walnut Cinnamon Chip Banana Bread
- 2-3/4 cups All-purpose Flour
- 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1/2 teaspoons Kosher Salt
- 2/3 cups Unsalted Butter, At Room Temperature
- 1-1/3 cup Granulated Sugar
- 2 whole Eggs At Room Temperature
- 1-1/2 cup Mashed, Ripe Bananas (for 1 1/2 Cups You'll Need About 3 Bananas)
- 1/2 cups Sour Cream
- 3/4 cups Chopped Walnuts
- 3/4 cups Cinnamon Chips
- Preheat the oven to 350 F. Spray your desired size pans with non-stick spray and set aside. Recipe makes one standard loaf (9" x 5" x 3") or 3 mini loaves (6" x 3" x 2").
- In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt until mixed well. Set aside.
- In a large bowl (or the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment) beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy (about 2-3 minutes). Add eggs, one at a time, mixing for about 30 seconds after each one. Next mix in the bananas until completely combined.
- Into the bowl with the butter mixture, alternately add portions of the flour mixture and the sour cream, until just combined (don't over-mix). Fold in the chopped walnuts and cinnamon chips.
- Divide batter evenly among smaller loaf pans, or add all of it into the standard size pan. Pan(s) should be about 2/3 full.
- Bake for about 1 hours and 15 minutes for a standard size loaf. The smaller ones took about 40 minutes. Check done-ness by inserting a knife or long toothpick into the center once the edges start to turn golden and the top is set. If the tester comes out clean or with only a couple of crumbs, the bread is done. If not, bake a bit longer.
- Transfer pan(s) to a cooling rack, leaving the bread in the pan for about 20 minutes. Then remove bread from pan and place on the cooling rack until it reaches room temperature.
- Notes:
- - Do not attempt to use low-fat/non-fat sour cream (just don't).
- - I like to peel and freeze my bananas once they're ripe, and store them in the freezer in a Ziplock freezer bag (they don't need to be completely brown). Then I defrost them before I'm ready to make the bread.
- - Run the bananas through a food processor if you want a smoother batter.
- - Banana bread freezes well. I often make an extra loaf to freeze for later.
- - Store in an airtight container or wrapped in tin foil at room temperature (best used within a week).
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Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/breads/walnut-cinnamon-chip-banana-bread/ (may not work)