YUM | banana bread

I've made it a dozen times, but I just recently discovered that adding one simple ingredient makes it much more delicious {and fattening}, but more importantly - delicious :) The secret, or maybe I was the only one in the dark, sour cream. 

:the details:
1/4 cup white sugar

• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3/4 cup butter
• 3 cups white sugar
• 3 eggs
• 6 very ripe bananas, mashed
• 1 (16 ounce) container sour cream
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 teaspoons baking soda
• 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup chopped walnuts (optional, but I usually make 2 with and two without)
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•     1) Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.  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.
•     2) In a large bowl, cream butter and 3 cups sugar. Mix in eggs, mashed bananas, sour cream, vanilla and 
•         cinnamon with electric mixer. Hand stir in salt, baking soda and flour. Stir in walnuts (or not) and divide 
•         into pans.
•     3) Bake for 1 hour, until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

* I've also halved this recipe just in case all the loaves would happen to remain under our roof - dangerous! (bake @ 325 for 1 hr. 10 min)

Crumbly topping...a must

~ 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
~ 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 
~ 2 or 3 tablespoons butter or margarine (softened)
~ 1 teaspoon cinnamon 
~ 1/3 cup chopped walnuts or pecans.
*Mix with fork until crumbly then spoon over loaves before baking*