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Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Name: Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 65 min
Ingredients: 3 bananas (- ripened); 1/2 cup butter (- softened); 1 cup chocolate chips; 3/4 cup granulated sugar; 2 eggs; 1 1/2 cups bread flour; 1 tsp baking soda; 1/2 tsp kosher salt; 1 tsp vanilla extract

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Chocolate Chip Banana Bread - sliced and served warm.

Chocolate chip banana bread is a delicious way to use up bananas that are beginning to over-ripen. It’s a sweet, moist, batter-based quick bread that’s made with mashed bananas, flour, sugar, eggs, butter and of course, chocolate chips. Banana bread is super easy to make, smells wonderful and tastes amazing. Have it for desert, or warmed up with hot coffee in the morning. I hope you enjoy the recipe.

Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Recipe

Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Scott James Gaspard

Easy to make banana bread with chocolate chips!

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 55 minutes mins

Cooling Time 5 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 5 minutes mins

Course Bread

Cuisine American

Servings 8 People

Calories 428 kcal

Equipment

mixing bowl
potato masher
loaf pan

Ingredients

3 bananas – ripened
½ cup butter – softened
1 cup chocolate chips
¾ cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 ½ cups bread flour
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp kosher salt
1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

Mash the bananas in a medium mixing bowl. Soften the butter in the microwave.
3 bananas, 1/2 cup butter
Set aside some of the chocolate chips. Add the remaining ingredients, and combine until lumpy batter is formed.
1 cup chocolate chips, 3/4 cup granulated sugar, 2 eggs, 1 1/2 cups bread flour, 1 tsp baking soda, 1/2 tsp kosher salt, 1 tsp vanilla extract
Pour the batter into a greased loaf pan. Sprinkle the reserved chocolate chips on the top.
Preheat oven to 350℉. Bake for 55 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean.
Once done, allow the banana bread to cool for a few minutes before slicing and serving.

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Is it bread or cake?

Banana nut bread is really cake. But because it is baked in a loaf pan, it is called bread. It tastes good no matter what you call it.

Can I make banana bread muffins?

Yes! Instead of a loaf pan, just use a greased muffin pan. This is an excellent way to make banana bread. They can be frozen, then individually thawed and warmed in the microwave when ready to eat.

Variations

Try adding nuts, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice or lemon juice. You can leave out the chocolate chips if you want. That’s an extra ingredient I like to add that makes it extra delicious! If you choose to include nuts, use chopped pecan or walnuts for the best flavor and texture.

Try using brown sugar instead of granulated sugar. The banana bread will come out slightly darker, and will have a slight caramel smell.

You could dust the top of the finished loaf with confectioners sugar if you desire. This would be purely for presentation.

Tips

It’s best to use slightly over-ripe bananas when making Chocolate Chip Banana Bread. The bananas should be yellow with some flecks of brown. Ripe bananas are at their peek sweetness. They are moist enough to easily mash, and will keep the banana bread moist when it is done baking.

Don’t over-mix the batter! The batter should be evenly moistened, but not overly-smooth. The best batter has lumps in it!