Banana Bread

Last week Justin came down with the weirdest case of either food poisoning or a GI bug. Either way after trying to eat normal food for about 5 days, he caved and decided to stick to the BRAT diet (bananas, rice, applesauce, and toast). So of course I went about buying a ton of bananas, bread, rice, and apples for some homemade applesauce. And of course he never ended up eating half of the bananas. I ate a couple, but after a week of smelling nothing but bananas I got sick of them. Yesterday I noticed they were getting a little weird looking and pretty mushy, which is why I decided they were perfect for banana bread!

Normally banana bread is a treat for us because I always forget to buy bananas and if I do buy them I inevitably forget to use them before they grow mold. Which happens incredibly fast in New Orleans. I haven't quite figured out why things grow mold twice as fast here. Anyway, I had finally caught the bananas in their elusive perfect banana bread state. 

I decided to try a new recipe from Martha Stewart. She had just made them on a recent show (with Hugh Jackman!) and it looked amazing. They did not disappoint. It was so great to have a nice slice of banana bread for breakfast and I'm looking forward to eating it the rest of the week.

Banana Bread

From Martha Stewart

1/2 cup of butter at room temperature

1 cup granulated sugar

2 large eggs

1 1/2 cups flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

1 cup mashed bananas (about 3 bananas)

1/2 cup sour cream

1 tsp vanilla

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 350 ˚F. Grease a 9x5x3 in loaf pan.

Cream the butter and sugar in an electric mixer with the paddle attachment. Add the eggs and beat until they are just mixed in.

In a medium bowl mix together the flour, salt, and baking soda. Add it to the butter mixture. Mix until combined. Add bananas, sour cream, and vanilla. Mix until just combined. Fold in the nuts.

Pour into the pan and bake for 1 hour. Let it cool in the pan for 10 minutes and then take the bread out to cool the rest of the way on a rack.