Breads
Judy’s Banana Bread Serves 8 ½ cup butter, at room temperature 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 1½ cups unbleached flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup very ripe bananas, mashed ½ cup sour cream 1 teaspoon vanilla ½ cup walnuts or pecans, chopped
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat butter, sugar, and eggs until creamy. Sift the dry ingredients and combine with the butter mixture. Blend well. Add the bananas, sour cream, and vanilla; stir well. Stir in the nuts and pour into a wellbuttered 9” x 5” x 3” loaf pan or several smaller pans. Bake 1 hour. Turn out onto a rack to cool. Adapted from a recipe by Martha Stewart Judy DeMott
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