{ My Favorite Banana Bread }

A favorite treat of mine that immediately brings back nostalgic childhood memories is good old-fashioned banana bread. I've been spending a lot of {much-needed} mommy and me time and recently inquired about her famous banana bread recipe.  She was so thrilled that before I knew it we were headed to the grocery store to pick up the ingredients. We compromised real sugar with baking Truvia {less calories} and it surprisingly tasted amazing and exactly the same! Follow the easy instructions below for some homemade goodness for breakfast with coffee or as a delightful afternoon snack!

What you'll need:

• 1 cup sugar {substitute 1/2 cup with baking Truvia}
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 eggs
• 2-3 ripe bananas {found ours on sale for $.29/lb, score!}
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt {we only used 1/4 this time} 
• 5 tablespoons sour cream or orange juice {we used OJ}
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/3 cup chocolate chips {we used a little extra, of course}
• 1/3 cup chopped walnuts {...and a little extra of this too}

Instructions:

• First mash bananas manually then, in an electric mixer, cream together the sugar, oil, eggs and bananas.
• Add flour, baking soda, salt, sour cream/OJ, and vanilla extract
• With a wooden spoon, mix in chocolate chips and walnuts
• Pour mixture into greased loaf pan and bake at 350 degrees for one hour and voila, yummy deliciousness.