The recipe for this fabulous chocolate chip banana bread was given to me by a neighbor years ago when we lived in Air Force base housing in Okinawa, Japan. It’s one of my very favorite things to make when I have rotten bananas to use up and it’s always a hit! It amazes me that the nastiest of bananas can make such a wonderful treat!
| Chocolate Chip Banana Bread |
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Prep time: 20 mins
Cook time: 1 hour
Total time: 1 hour 20 mins
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour {I use freshly ground hard white wheat}
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup mashed, ripe banana {about 2 large}
- 2 TBS milk
- 3/4 cup butter
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips {mini chocolate chips work best}
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease loaf pan.
- Stir together dry ingredients. Set aside.
- Beat together banana and milk until smooth. Set aside.
- Beat butter in a large bowl until smooth and creamy.
- Gradually beat in sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla.
- Beat flour mixture and banana mixture into butter mixture.
- Stir in chocolate chips and pour into prepared pan.
- Bake for 1 hour or until toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool loaf in pan on wire rack for 15 minutes.
- Remove loaf from pan to wire rack and cool completely.
- Enjoy!
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Welcome! I'm Michelle and I'm glad you're here. Simplify, Live, Love is a blog about simple life in rural Iowa. We are a self-employed, frugal, green, mostly homeschooling family of 6 working to go off the grid on a modern day homestead in Eastern Iowa. Please subscribe for gardening tips, green living hints, recipes, fun giveaways, and frugal ideas. Thanks for stopping by.
Looks yummy! Love banana bread. ps. love the picture simple but lovely
Thanks so much for the photo compliment. I’ve been working hard on my food pics – trying to make them more appealing!
I’ll be making this tonight for dessert! Looks like a good banana bread. Great picture!!
Hi Michelle,
This is a wonderful Chocolate Chip Banana Bread that we would just love. Hope you are having a great week end and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
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Miz Helen
I remember having this bread as a kid. It was sooo yummy! Can’t have it now but it sure looks good. Your photo looks amazing, you’ve really improved!!
This is the best banana bread I’ve had, and I’ve tried lots. This is my new “keeper” recipe. Thanks!