Sour Cream Banana Bread With Chocolate Glaze Recipes

SOUR CREAM BANANA BREAD WITH CHOCOLATE, WALNUTS AND SOUR CREAM GLAZE

Steps:

• In the large bowl of mixer, beat together first 5 ingredients til mixture is blended. Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt all at once. Beat til blended. Don't overbeat. Stir in banana, chocolate and walnuts. Divide mixture between 2 greased 6 x 4 inch loaf pans. Place pans on cookie sheet and bake at 350 for 30 to 35 minutes or til cake tester inserted in center comes out clean. Allow to cool in pan for 10 minutes, remove loaves from pan and continue cooling on rack. Brush tops lightly with sour cream glaze. Makes 2 loaves Sour Cream Glaze: 1 Tbsp. sour cream 1/4 cup sifted powdered sugar 1/4 tsp. vanilla 2 Tbsp. finely chopped walnuts Stir together all ingredients til blended. The recipe for the bread can be doubled, making 4 loaves. The bread freezes well. Wrap in double thicknesses of plastic wrap and then foil. Remove wrappers while defrosting

BANANA BREAD WITH CHOCOLATE CHIPS AND CHOCOLATE GLAZE

Steps:

• Make the banana bread: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly butter one 9-by-5-inch loaf pan or three 6-by-3-inch mini loaf pans.
• Whisk the flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, salt, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg in a large bowl. Add the chocolate chips.
• Whisk the eggs, melted butter, yogurt, vanilla and orange zest (if using) in a medium bowl. Stir in the mashed banana. Fold the banana mixture into the flour mixture until just combined.
• Spread the batter in the prepared pan(s). Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 55 minutes for a standard loaf or 35 to 40 minutes for mini loaves. Cool 30 minutes in the pan(s) on a rack, then turn out onto the rack to cool completely.
• Make the glaze: Whisk the confectioners' sugar, cocoa powder, milk, vanilla and salt in a bowl. Pour over the cooled banana bread and let set, 15 to 20 minutes.

SOUR CREAM BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 5x9-inch loaf pan.
• Mash 2 bananas in a bowl with a fork. Place remaining 2 bananas in a separate bowl with 1 cup sugar and beat the bananas and sugar with an electric mixer until creamed and fluffy, 3 minutes. Beat in melted butter, eggs, sour cream, and vanilla extract until thoroughly combined.
• Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl and stir the flour mixture into banana-sugar mixture. Fold in mashed bananas and walnuts. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan and tap the pan on the counter several times to remove any air pockets. Stir 2 teaspoons sugar with cinnamon in a small bowl and sprinkle the cinnamon sugar over the top of the loaf.
• Bake in the preheated oven until bread is golden brown on top and set in the center, 1 hour and 15 minutes; rotate bread pan in oven halfway through baking. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to finish cooling on a wire rack.

SOUR CREAM CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE CHIP BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease a 9- x 5-inch loaf pan with non-stick spray.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Stir in egg, mashed bananas, sour cream, and vanilla until well blended. Add baking soda, cocoa, and flour. Mix everything until well incorporated (about 3 minutes in a Kitchenaid mixer). Add chocolate chips and walnuts, if used.
• Transfer batter into loaf pan and bake for 50-60 minutes. Test by inserting a toothpick into center of loaf and checking to see if it comes out clean when you pull it out.
• Remove from heat and allow bread to rest in loaf pan for 10 minutes. Invert the loaf pan onto a cooling rack. Serve bread warm or cold.

BANANA SOUR CREAM BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease four 7x3 inch loaf pans. In a small bowl, stir together 1/4 cup white sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Dust pans lightly with cinnamon and sugar mixture.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and 3 cups sugar. Mix in eggs, mashed bananas, sour cream, vanilla and cinnamon. Mix in salt, baking soda and flour. Stir in nuts. Divide into prepared pans.
• Bake for 1 hour, until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

CHOCOLATE-GLAZED BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add bananas, sour cream and eggs; mix well. Add flour mixture; mix just until moistened. Stir in nuts.
• Pour into greased and floured 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• Bake 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 min. Remove from pan to wire rack; cool completely.
• Cook chocolate and cream in small saucepan on low heat 3 to 5 min. or until chocolate is completely melted, stirring frequently. Cool 5 min. or until slightly thickened. Drizzle over bread; let stand until firm.

SOUR CREAM BANANA BREAD WITH CHOCOLATE GLAZE

Steps:

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• For the chocolate Glaze: Stir together chocolate and melted butter until well blended.
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