Today I am excited to share with you my absolute favorite recipe for skinny banana bread. I have been making this recipe for well over 20 years and it doesn’t disappoint. In fact I have tried other recipes and I always return to this one. It has such a deep, rich flavor and the banana really stands out. I always get excited when I have overripe bananas because it means I can make this bread.
I also love how banana bread makes the house smell while it is baking. It smells wonderful, it smells like home. It is one of the best baking smells in my opinion. When my family smells this bread baking they all huddle around the oven waiting for it to come out. It is so good served warm with just a dab of butter. I like to use bananas that our really overripe. Fairly brown and soft. I also use a kitchen aid mixer to whip up the batter and I just throw the peeled bananas in whole and let the mixer smash them up. Since my bananas are always really ripe and soft this does the trick nicely. I use sour cream instead of butter to make this bread lighter. If you want it really decadent replace the sour cream with softened butter. Next time you have some over ripe bananas you will want to treat your family to this recipe.
Skinny Banana Bread
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 2 eggs
- 2-3 over ripe bananas
- 1 1/3 cup flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325
- Mix together sugar and sour cream
- add eggs and peeled bananas
- Mix well
- Add remaining ingredients mixing until just combined
- Place batter in a greased loaf pan
- Bake at 325 for 40-50 minutes or until a toothpick in the middle comes out clean
Banana bread is my favorite, but I’ve been refraining from it because I’m eating better. This recipe sounds great!
Banana bread is one of our favorites, and I love checking out everyone recipes for this staple in our family. I’ll be baking this soon!
I absolutely love the idea of making a skinny banana bread. Your recipe looks simple and fun to make.
YUM! Looks delicious!
Yummy! I love banana bread!
A short list of ingredients that sounds like it packs a lot of flavor! I assume the sour cream is what makes this skinny? Will have to try that out.
Yes. The sour cream takes out a lot of fat and calories instead of using butter.
Thanks for sharing this! I love Banana Bread, but those calories quickly add up! Looking forward to trying out this skinny recipe. YUM!
I so love banana bread!!! I definitely need to try this recipe!!! Yummmm
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I just realized there is no flour in this! I am going to try this with a sugar substitute!
There is 1 1/3 cup flour in it.
Mmmm, love banana bread! Gotta try this skinny bread recipe!
Ohhh, I have everything to make this on hand right now. That almost never happens! 🙂
Can you use plain Greek yogurt in place of the sourcream?
Yes you can. I have used it before with great results.