Orange Zest Banana Bread
ingredients

• 2c flour
• 1t baking soda
• 1/4t salt
• 1/2t cinnamon
• 1/2 softened butter
• 3/4 brown sugar
• 2 large eggs, at room tempareter
• 1/3c sour cream (or plain yogurt)
• 2 cups mashed banana (around four full bananas-- be careful not to add too much or too little, or the moisture of your bread will be off!)
• 1t vanila
• 3T orange juice + 1t orange zest
• 3/4c chopped walnuts (optional.. i guess!)

-preheat oven to 350
-mix dry ingredients (flour, b. soda, salt, cinnamon)
-cream softened butter and brown sugar until fluffy, then mix in ONE egg at a time
-combine bananas + sour cream/yogurt + vanilla, then add to sugar/butter/egg mixture
-GRADUALLY add in dry ingredients, use a slow speed if using stand mixer
-fold in nuts and add orange juice + zest
-bake for 60-65 minutes in a well greased/floured 9x9 pan, covering with foil after 30min
-Cool on wire rack

best enjoyed on a sunday morning in late spring/early summer