Banana Nut Bread

• 1/2 cup of butter (1 stick)
• 1 cup of sugar
• 2 eggs
• pinch of salt (about 1/8 tsp)
• 1 tsp of baking powder
• 2 cups of self-rising flour
• 3 large ripe bananas (mashed up)
• 1 dollop of sour cream (about 1 tbsp)
• 1/2 cup of pecans or walnuts
• 1 tsp of vanilla
• 1/2 tsp of almond extract (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 350. Pregrease your pans with butter. Either 4 mini loaf pans or muffin tins.
2. Mix your wet ingredients first - eggs, butter, sugar, sour cream, and flavoring extracts (sugar is considered a "wet" ingredient because it absorbs and melts into the wet ingredients).
3. Mix in your dry ingredients (baking powder, salt, and flour).
4. Fold in the bananas and walnuts or pecans.
5. Pour batter into mini loaf pans/muffin tins to the same levels so they all bake evenly.
6. Bake mini loaf pans for 15-20 minutes (until they barely start to pull away from the sides of the pan) OR bake muffins for 12-14 minutes.

This batch is easily doubled when you have a bigger crowd for breakfast!