Banana Bread Three Ways

I am declaring my undying love for a brand new Banana Bread Recipe I found on Allrecipes.com today.  I had some banana's that were nearing the end of their life so I started snooping around on the internet and well, the rest is history.

To be clear, I did a combo of a couple different recipes today.  I used a recipe for Cathy's Banana Bread and jooshed it up a bit with some added nutmeg and cinnamon.  Then, I added an oatmeal crumble top on two of them, mini chocolate chips in two of them and left one plain.  The reason I chose this particular recipe?  Feast your eyeballs on this:

This moistness of this particular recipe is what caught my eye.  I'm sure if you touch the screen, you can feel how supple it is...go ahead try it :)  It also had sour cream in it and I was DYING to try a recipe with sour cream in it to test out the moist factor.  So far, I am a true believer!  I would love to re-create a lemon cheesecake cupcake that my daughter and I are IN love with from a local baker here in town.  Now I know as soon as I see a recipe with sour cream in it, to give it a shot!

This recipe is suited for beginner cooks.  Take a stab at it, add different spices, add nuts, make it yours.

Banana Bread

(Courtesy Allrecipes)

Ingredients

• 1 cup mashed bananas
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1/4 cup margarine
• 1 1/3 cups white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour one 9x13 inch pan, or two 7x3 inch loaf pans.
2. Combine banana and sour cream. Set aside. In a large bowl, cream together the margarine and sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla and banana mixture. Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt; stir into the banana mixture. Spread the batter evenly into the prepared pan or pans.
3. Bake for 50 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the bread comes out clean.

A couple of notes:  I added about a 1/4 tsp of nutmeg and about 1/2 tsp of Cinnamon to the batter.  Remember not to over mix or it will not be tender.  Top with crumble topping before baking.

Crumble Topping:

• 3/4 cup rolled oats
• 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 Tblsp flour