Killer Banana Bread

 1/2 cup salted butter, melted

1 cup light brown sugar

2 eggs

1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour

1 tsp baking soda

1/8 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 cup full fat sour cream

2 medium-large ripe bananas, sliced thin

1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts

Topping:

1 medium ripe banana (a small- medium is perfect)

1/3 cup light brown sugar

1/8 tsp vanilla

5 drops of maple flavoring

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray a 9x5 loaf pan with nonstick spray set aside.

In a medium bowl, add the melted butter and brown sugar, combine with a spoon.  Stir in the eggs.  And the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.  Stir to lightly combine.  Add the sliced bananas and sour cream, mix till you don't see anymore sour cream.  Fold in the nuts.  Transfer batter to the prepared loaf pan.

 

Topping:

In a small bowl, add the 1/3 cup brown sugar, add the flavorings.  Combine with a spoon to infuse the brown sugar.  Cut the banana in half lengthwise, to the cut side of the banana pack on a little more than half of the topping to each banana half.  Lay then o n the top of the batter.  Bake for 65 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. (check your bread after 55 minutes )

Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes.  Run a knife around the edge and remove from pan.  Finish cooling on a cooling rack, then loosely wrap to stay fresh.  If you don't plan to eat your bread today, store it in the fridge.  this bread is freezable.

Recipe:  The farm stand