Healthier Banana Sour Cream Bread

Esther is right! The sour cream makes this one so moist it melts in your mouth. I make it healthier by using light sour cream, whole wheat flour and less sugar and butter --and you know what? No one can tell the difference!

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 60 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins
• Calories: 196 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• ½ cup butter
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 ½ cups white sugar
• 1 cup chopped walnuts (Optional)
• 2 tablespoons white sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3 eggs
• 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 3 teaspoons baking soda
• 6 very ripe bananas, mashed
• 2 cups white whole wheat flour
• 1 (16 ounce) container reduced fat sour cream

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease four 7x3-inch loaf pans.

Step 2

Stir together 2 tablespoons white sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon in a small bowl. Dust pans lightly with sugar mixture.

Step 3

Beat butter and 1 1/2 cups sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Blend in eggs, mashed bananas, sour cream, vanilla extract, and 2 teaspoons cinnamon. Whisk together salt, baking soda, all-purpose flour, and whole wheat flour in a bowl. Stir flour mixture into butter mixture until just combined; fold in nuts. Divide into prepared pans.

Step 4

Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 1 hour.