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Banana Chocolate Chip Bread
Prep
15 mins
Cook
1 hr 10 mins
Servings
10
Difficulty
Hard
This banana chocolate chip bread is one of my go to recipes when I have overripe bananas sitting on the counter. Not only is it incredibly simple to make with ingredients you probably already have at home, but ripe bananas are packed with potassium and natural sweetness, so you don't need much added sugar. The whole thing comes together in just 15 minutes of prep, and while it bakes for about an hour, your kitchen fills with the most amazing aroma. It's the perfect treat for breakfast, an afternoon snack, or bringing to a potluck, and honestly, it never lasts long once people taste it.
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Ingredients
- 22 cups all-purpose flour
- 11 teaspoon baking powder
- 11 teaspoon baking soda
- 11 teaspoon salt
- 33 ripe bananas, mashed
- 11 tablespoon milk
- 11 teaspoon ground cinnamon, or to taste
- 11 cup white sugar
- ½ cup butter, softened½ cup butter, softened
- 22 large eggs
- 11 cup semisweet chocolate chips
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Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan, preferably glass.
- 2
Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl. Stir bananas, milk, and cinnamon in another bowl. Beat sugar and butter together in a third bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy; add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir banana mixture into butter mixture; mix in flour mixture until just blended. Fold in chocolate chips; pour batter into the prepared loaf pan.
- 3
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 70 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack before slicing.
- 4
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