pioneer woman's banana bread

image via the pioneer woman

this week i had a bunch of borderline-soft bananas. my 8 month old will eat them this way, but i prefer mine almost green, the smell of a very ripe banana kind of gets to me. gag. but i didn't want them to go to waste so i googled and found the pioneer women's recipe, and surprisingly she feels the same way about bananas. 

so when she endorsed this recipe i thought i'd give it a try. we liked it! moist with a mild banana flavor, and i love that it's baked in a bundt pan and makes a nice size cake. enjoy 1/2, freeze 1/2... here's her recipe:

ingredients

• 2 sticks butter
• 1-1/2 cup + 2 TBLS sugar
• 3 whole eggs
• 1-1/2 cup mashed ripe bananas
• 4 cups + 2 TBLS flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1-1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1-1/2 cup sour cream

preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour bundt pan. Cream butter and sugar together. Add eggs one at a time, beating for a few seconds after each addition. Add mashed bananas and beat. Combine dry ingredients in a separate bowl.

Add dry ingredients and sour cream alternately to the mixing bowl. Beat well until all combined. Pour into bundt pan and bake for 1 hour 10 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Invert on a cooling rack and allow cake to cool slightly before slicing and serving with softened butter.

 

*i added a big splash of vanilla, 3/4 cup walnuts and 1 cup chocolate chips, because that's all i had... might have enjoyed even more chocolate chips.  i baked at 350 for 55mins.