Easy-to-Bake Banana Bread

Recipe
The batter for this easy-to-bake banana bread is enriched with the addition of sour cream.

yield: Makes 1 loaf

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Ingredients
1,2 cu' J1 stickK butterL at room tem'eratureL 'lus more for 'an
1 cu' %ranulated su%ar
2 lar%e e%%s
1 1,2 cu's unbleached flour
1 teas'oon bakin% soda
1 teas'oon salt
1 cu' mashed $ery ri'e bananas
1,2 cu' sour cream
1 teas'oon $anilla
1,2 cu' cho''ed walnuts or 'ecans
Variations
To make the cream cheese frostin%-filled banana bread as featured on +The Martha "tewart
"howL+ in the bowl of an electric miCer fitted with the 'addle attachmentL beat to%ether 8
ounces cream cheeseL 1,4 teas'oon saltL and 1,2 teas'oon 'ure $anilla eCtract until smooth.
Once bread is baked and cooledL hal$e hori0ontally. &sin% an offset s'atulaL s'read cream
cheese frostin% e$enly o$er bottom half. To' with remainin% halfM slice and ser$e.
Directions
1. "te' 1
?reheat o$en to >5B de%rees. /utter a 9-by-5-by->-inch loaf 'anM set aside. 5n an electric
miCer fitted with the 'addle attachmentL cream butter and su%ar until li%ht and fluffy. 7dd
e%%sL and beat to incor'orate.
5n this ste':
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5n a medium bowlL whisk to%ether flourL bakin% sodaL and salt. 7dd to the butter miCtureL
and miC until Nust combined. 7dd bananasL sour creamL and $anillaM miC to combine. "tir in
nutsL and 'our into 're'ared 'an.
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/ake until a cake tester inserted into the center of the cake comes out cleanL about 1 hour 1B
minutes. #et rest in 'an for 1B minutesL then turn out onto a rack to cool.
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