Sour Cream Banana Bread With Chocolate Glaze

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup mashed ripe banana (about 2 medium sized)
• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 3/4 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted
• 3 tablespoons butter, melted

Recipe

• 1 for the bread: beat together first 6 ingredients until blended. stir in the remaining ingredients until dry ingredients are just moistened. do not over-mix.
• 2 divide batter between 4 greased and lightly floured mini-loaf foil pans (6x3x2 inches), place pans on a cookie sheet, and bake in a 325°f oven for 45 to 50 minutes, or until a cake tester, inserted in center, comes out clean.
• 3 allow to cool in pans for 15 minutes and then remove from pans and continue cooling on a rack. when cool, drizzle top with chocolate glaze (optional, but very good, indeed). yields 4 mini-loaves.
• 4 you can make this into 12 muffins (2 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches) or 2 (8x4-inch loaf pans), or 1 (9x5-inch loaf pan. adjust cooking time and check with a cake tester, inserted in center, until it comes out clean.
• 5 for the chocolate glaze: stir together chocolate and melted butter until well blended.
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