Banana Bread

Total Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 2 1/2 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups mashed ripe bananas (about 4 bananas)
• 3 tablespoons skim milk
• 3 tablespoons nonfat sour cream or 3 tablespoons vanilla yogurt
• 2 large egg whites
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• cooking spray

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f coat loaf pan with cooking spray.
• 2 in a large bowl, mix together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. set aside.
• 3 in a different large mixing bowl or stand mixer bowl, combine sugar and butter. "beat at medium speed of a mixer until well-blended." stop beater. add banana, milk, sour cream, and egg whites. resume beating until well combined.
• 4 pour flour mixture into banana mixture and beat until everything is well-blended.
• 5 pour batter into loaf pan. bake 60 or 70 minutes, or until loaf passes the toothpick test. (insert a toothpick in the middle of the bread. if it comes out clean, you're golden.) remove from oven. let sit for 10 minutes on a wire rack. pry bread from pan and let it cool totally on that same wire rack. for best flavor, wrap in tin foil and let sit overnight.