Best Banana Bread

Ingredients:

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
3 ripe bananas (approx. 1 cup)
1/2 cup sour cream

1 1/2 cups flour (may sub 1/2 cup for blended oats)
1 tsp. baking soda
2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
3/4 tsp salt

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease bread pan(s) or use parchment paper for easy removal. 

Mash bananas, set aside. In a large bowl or stand mixer, beat the butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, bananas and sour cream.

In a medium sized bowl mix together dry ingredients - flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. 

Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients (banana mixture). Pour batter into bread pans. 

Bake at 350 degrees. Small pans approx. 30 mins and regular pans approx. 45-65 min. Test with a toothpick - doughy bread is no good. (This recipe yields one regular size loaf and one small loaf.)

For an extra delicious variation, once bread is completely cooled, melt some butter on a plate and pour some sugar on another plate. Dip one side of the bread in the melted butter, then the sugar. Repeat until all sides are coated.