Sour Cream Loaves

Name: Sour Cream Loaves
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 2 mini loaves (6 slices each).
Ingredients: 2/3 cup butter, softened; 2/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar, divided; 1 egg; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, divided; 1/2 cup sour cream

Cinnamon and nutmeg lend just the right amount of flavor to these moist mini loaves. Sometimes I use the batter to make muffins instead. —Joyce Lemkuil, Branson, Missouri

Ingredients

2/3 cup butter, softened
2/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar, divided
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, divided
1/2 cup sour cream

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and 2/3 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt, nutmeg and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon; gradually add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream.
Pour into two 5-3/4x3x2-in. loaf pans coated with cooking spray. Combine remaining sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over batter.
Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to a wire rack.

Nutrition Facts

1 slice: 221 calories, 12g fat (8g saturated fat), 52mg cholesterol, 264mg sodium, 25g carbohydrate (12g sugars, 0 fiber), 3g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 fat, 1-1/2 starch.

Originally published as Sour Cream Bread in Cooking for 2 Spring 2007