Banana Walnut Bread

Happy October!  It is officially my favorite month.  Are you excited?  I am, oh buddy.

As Jim is woefully aware, among my collection of extensive and ridiculous October rituals, I feel the need to watch at least one scary movie a day all month.  Crazy...totally crazy I know.

I realize that in the food-bloggy world there may not be an abundance of people that care as much as I do about cooking and zombies...but hey.  I'm so into it.  So just in case you are too...or if you're interested...or whatever, here is my October must-watch scary movie list.

Must-Watch October Scary Movie List

(in no particular order)

1. American Werewolf in London
2. Sweeney Todd
3. Rec
4. Silence of the Lambs
5. Night of the Living Dead
6. 28 Days Later
7. The Descent
8. Nightmare Before Christmas
9. Halloween (original)
10. Psycho
11. Shaun of the Dead
12. Dawn of the Dead
13. Friday the 13th
14. Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin
15. Poltergeist
16. The Ring
17. Carrie
18. Alien
19. Seven
20. The Shining
21. Paranormal Activity
22. The Sixth Sense
23. The Omen
24. Nightmare on Elm Street
25. Ils (They)
26. The Changeling
27. Pontypool
28. Session 9
29. Cabin in the Woods
30. Trick or Treat

Okay I'll shut up about the Halloween stuff.  We have 30 days left after all.  

I made some banana bread...that's fall-y right?  I'll tell you this, it's good.  When I was in high school I waited tables at a restaurant/pie pantry/Kansas City tradition called Tippin's, which by some sick twist of fate shut down in 2004.  At Tippin's, they served some of the most delicious banana bread I've ever tasted.  Well this is about as close as I've ever tasted to it.

Enjoy!

Banana Walnut Bread
(adapted from allrecipes)

1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup sour cream
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp nutmeg
1 cup chopped walnuts
2 medium bananas, mashed

Preheat oven to 350.  Grease a loaf pan.

In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg.  Set aside for now.

In a large bowl, cream butter, brown sugar, and white sugar.  Add eggs and vanilla and mix well.  Add the flour and stir until batter is smooth.  Fold in sour cream, walnuts and bananas.  Spread into prepared loaf pan.

Bake at 350 on center rack for about 60 minutes, or until a tester (i.e. toothpick inserted in the center) comes out clean.  Allow the bread to cool in the pan for 10 minutes before turning out onto a wire cooling rack to cool completely.