Banana Bread

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I made this recipe for some company I had over last night, and they found the bread to be relatively dry and flavorless. It tastes vaguely of banana, but seems more remniscent of a sandwich bread rather than the dessert bread I was expecting.

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Sour cream makes this recipe nice and moist. I substituted cake flour for regular flour (not as heavy and added 1 package of vanilla pudding for extra oomph and sweetness. Yum! Easy to make and a big crowd pleaser.

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this is a keeper. i followed the recipe to the letter & my family loved it! no crazy ingredients, i had everything in my pantry. this recipe makes a really good sized loaf too. sometimes i find i need to double the recipe, but not this time.

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I made the following changes to the recipe before trying it and the results were astounding!
Instead of two bananas, use three.
Cream together the butter and sugar first. Then add one of the bananas to the butter mixture, & beat with the electric mixture to mash (this adds some texture to the bread. The other two bananas went into the pureed egg, sour cream & vanilla mixture as directed by the recipe.
It's extremely moist, light and tasty.

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My whole family enjoyed this banana bread. Very moist and cooked through out without being mushy. Would definitely make again.

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The secret ingredient is the sour cream. Other banana bread recipes seemed dry. This is moist and delicious!

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I guess professional chefs think they have to make a recipe sound complicated, even when it doesn't have to be. I read others' reviews before trying this recipe and adapted it to make it easier to prepare and to cut down on clean up. I mixed wet ingredients, including the butter, in one bowl, and sifted dry ingredients into another. I skipped the puree step, simply mashing the bananas before mixing with the other wet ingredients. I used 4 bananas instead of 2; increased the sugar to 1 cup and the vanilla to 2 teaspoons. I also added 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Cooking at 325* for 1 hour and 10 minutes, this turned out wonderfully. It is moist, banana-tasting and just sweet enough. I've made other banana bread recipes, but I like this one best. I think the sour cream may be the secret ingredient.

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Good recipe, though since I didn't have my mixer unpacked I ended up melting the butter and adding it after the wet and dry were combined. I also subbed pecans. Plus, since I'm at high altitude I took out the extra 2 Tbsp sugar and 2 Tbsp of the butter.

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I think this is a great recipe, but after making it 4 times I have some suggestions. First off, two banana's was absolutely not enough. I would suggest three banana's if you want a nice subtle flavor...or four if you want some banana goodness. Secondly, I found that when I puree'd the mix, it actually lost flavor. I'd suggest using a regular hand mixer instead of a blender. Thirdly, the recipe states 3/4 and 2 tablespoons of sugar. That means 3/4 of a cup and 2 tablespoons, not 3/4 of a tablespoon and 2 more. Fourthly...the time it says to cook was different for me. It took a bit longer...maybe 10-15 minutes more.

After my first couple of tasty batches I tried to compare the "cake flour/sour cream" to the "all purpose flour/sour cream" to the "all purpose flour/buttermilk" styles of banana bread. HANDS DOWN the cake flour/sour cream was the best. (If you were wondering which came in second, I guess the All Purpose/Sour Cream was slightly less butter tasting so it wins #2. The All Purpose flour breads did "look" better though. They looked like nice poundcakes on top. The cake flour/sour cream's top was a bit lumpier, but was by far the best bread! Not too oily...light, moist and the toasted walnuts were a great touch. My only other suggestion is to toast your walnuts in the oven/broiler as opposed to toasting them in butter on the stove (just to keep the flavor light.

All in all the best banana bread I've ever made and maybe in the top five I've ever had.

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My inlaws love banana bread so I get alot of request.
I decided to take a chance and try this version out. LOVED IT!!! So moist and light. Not to sweet either. My inlaws loved it so much they begged me make it again.