Flour Bakery Banana Bread

• servings: 8 servings
• active time: 20 minutes
• total time: 1 hour 20 minutes

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups Flour (all-purpose)

1 teaspoon Baking Soda

1/4 teaspoon Cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon Kosher Salt

1 cup + 2 Tablespoons Sugar

2 large Eggs

1/2 cup Canola Oil

3 1/2 very ripe, medium Bananas (1 1/3 cups peeled and mashed)

2 Tablespoons Sour Cream or Creme Fraiche (full-fat)

1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

3/4 cup Walnuts (chopped)

Directions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray with non-stick cooking spray or butter a 9x5 loaf pan.

In a bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Set aside.

Using a stand mixer, fitted with the whisk attachment (or a hand mixer), beat the sugar and eggs together for 5 minutes, until light and fluffy. This step will take 8 minutes if using a hand mixer.

On low speed, slowly drizzle in the oil. Don't add the oil all at once. Add it slowly so it has time to incorporate into the eggs and doesn't deflate the air you just whipped into the batter. Adding the oil should take about 1 minute.

Add the bananas, sour cream or creme fraiche, and vanilla and continue to mix on low speed until combined.

Using a rubber spatula, fold in the dry ingredients and nuts until no streaks remain. Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and smooth out the top.

Bake for 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes or until golden brown on the top and your finger springs back when you press it. If your finger sinks when you press on the bread, it needs more baking time. I suggest carefully placing foil on the top of the bread halfway through baking to ensure it doesn't become too brown.

Let it cool in the pan on a wire rack for at least 30 minutes before removing from the pan. Then pop it out of the pan to finish cooling.

Spread with sweet cream butter. The banana bread can be stored tightly wrapped in plastic wrap at room temperature for up to 3 days.

Nutrition

• Calories: 435 kcal
• Total Fat: 23 g
• Saturated Fat: 2 g
• Unsaturated Fat: 19 g
• Trans Fat: 0.1 g
• Cholesterol: 48 mg
• Sodium: 302 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 53 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1 g
• Total Sugars: 34 g
• Protein: 6 g