If you love banana bread, you MUST try this version!!!! It’s definitely the best….and the easiest…I’ve attempted. I’m not a fan of a banana bread with nuts and this recipe calls for NONE. Yay. And it makes a TON. 6 loaves to be exact. This recipe is not only delicious, but perfect for gift giving, too!!! Anyway you slice it, this bread is DELICIOUS!!!
Recipe via House of Smiths
Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
Ingredients
3 C. flour
1 1/2 C. sugar
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
3 eggs
3/4 C. butter (1 & 1/2 sticks), softened
1/2 C. buttermilk
4 large bananas, mashed
OPTIONAL ADD INS – chocolate chips, cinnamon, frozen strawberries (thawed), peanut butter morsels, butterscotch morsels
Directions
- In a large bowl, whisk together all dry ingredients (flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt). Set aside.
- In a smaller bowl, mix together eggs, butter, buttermilk, and bananas using an electric mixer.
- Now mix the dry and wet ingredients together using that same electric mixer. Don’t fret when your batter turns out a smidge lumpy. That’s a-okay!
- Grease your loaf pans. I use SIX of the smaller disposable pans (3.75″ x 2.5″ x 8″) so that I can use all of the batter at once. Again, you’ll get about 6 loaves of bread using this recipe. Evenly pour out the batter into each pan and go ahead with your “optional” ingredients.
- Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes (mine baked a little closer to 40 minutes with this last batch!)
Notes
- Now here’s where the optional ingredients come into play. This bread is AMAZING on it’s own, but after making so many loaves, we started to add in a few things here and there to jazz it up just a bit. Chocolate chips are my family’s personal favorite. Once I have the batter poured into my loaf pans, I add those extras in and mix well (in the pan) until combined. Works great! Then I can get several different loaves with one batch of batter and one little mess 🙂
- Some combos we’ve tried and loved:
- Chocolate chips and coconut flakes
- Chocolate chips + peanut butter chips/morsels
- Peanut butter chips/morsels
- 1/2 C. frozen strawberries, thawed (strawberry banana bread is GOOD!!!!)
- 1/2 tsp. cinnamon (just the right hint of cinnamon!)
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