I made mini banana bread loaves as favors for my sister’s baby shower a couple weeks ago. The recipe was very easy and very tasty–I highly recommend it! (See below). I’ll have more detailed pictures of the favors posted soon.
Ingredients
- 1 stick butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cup flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup mashed overripe bananas
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter 9″x5″ loaf pan or 5 mini loaf pans. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Beat in eggs to combine.
- Whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt. Add to the butter mixture, and combine. Add mashed bananas, sour cream, and vanilla; mix. Stir in nuts and chocolate chips. Pour into prepared pan.
- Bake until tester inserted in center comes out clean, about 1 hour 10 minutes for loaf pan, 35-40 minutes for mini loaves. Let rest in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto rack to cool.
The paper mini loaf pans were from www.target.com, see them here.
I needed 57 favors for the shower, it took me about 9 batches to get there. I made double batches each time, baking them 2 trays at a time. All told, it took about 3 hours to bake all the mini loaves! That does not include wrapping and decorating them. My kitchen was a disaster for a while there!
