Banana Pecan Bread

So, last Friday my office's mate brought in a bunch of bananas that had too many spots for her to eat.  I laughed and told her to make bread with them.  Not sure how it happened, but I ended up with the bananas making bread over the weekend.  This recipe is a combination of 4 different ones I found.  Enjoy!

1/2 c Butter - Softened
1 c Sugar
2 Eggs
3 Bananas - A Bit Over Ripe
2 Tbsp Sour Cream
2 c Flour
1 Tbsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Salt
1 tsp Ground Cinnamon 
1/4 tsp Ground Nutmeg
1/8 tsp Ground Cloves
3/4 c Chopped Pecans

Pre-heat oven to 325 degrees.  Spray a loaf pan with baker's cooking spray and set aside.

Using your mixer cream together the butter and sugar until creamy, 3 - 5 minutes.  Add the eggs, bananas and sour cream and mix until it is creamy and slightly fluffy, an additional 3 - 5 minutes.

In a separate bowl combine the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves.  Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in stages, fully incorporating the dry ingredients before adding more.

Once all the dry ingredients are added, stir in the pecans.  Transfer the batter to the loaf pan.  Bake the bread 65 - 75 minutes, or until the top is golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean.  Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

The bread can be served warm or chilled.  For longer keeping store the bread in the refrigerator.