Ingredients
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1 1/2 Cups All Purpose Flour
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1 Tsp Baking Powder
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1 Tsp Baking Soda
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1/4 Tsp Kosher Salt
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3/4 Cup Chocolate Chips
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3/4 Cup WalnutsChopped & toasted
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1/2 Cup Unsalted ButterRoom temperature
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1 Cup Sugar
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2 Large Eggs
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1 Cup BananasMashed and ripe
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2 Tbs Fresh Lemon Juice
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1 1/2 Tsp Vanilla
Directions
There always seems to be overripe bananas sitting on our counter. They lie there, rotting, making me feel like the biggest waster on the planet.
The saving grace to ease my forgotten banana guilt is transforming those nasty, blackened, squishy fruits into glorious, comforting banana bread.
I’ve made banana bread more times than I can count, a testament to all the lost bananas that have passed through my door, and I’ve learned two things:
- that I prefer mine with chocolate chips (because why the heck not. Bananas and chocolate? Yes, please)
- and that I like a little texture added, such as walnuts
Tips:
I’m not totally sure why the recipe has you layer the batter and chocolate chip mixture, but my guess is it’s so that the chocolate chips and walnuts don’t sink to the bottom of the pan. I’ve always thought coating them in flour would prevent that from happening, but I guess this is an extra step to prevent that from happening. If you’re impatient like me, I’d say you could just fold in the chocolate chips and walnuts that are coated in flour into the batter before pouring into the pan.
Recipe Steps
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Preheat oven to 350°F. |
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Butter and flour 9x5x2 1/2-inch metal loaf pan. |
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Whisk first 4 ingredients in medium bowl to blend. Combine chocolate chips and walnuts in small bowl; add 1 tablespoon flour mixture and toss to coat. |
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Beat butter in large bowl until fluffy. Gradually add sugar, beating until well blended. |
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Beat in eggs 1 at a time. Beat in mashed bananas, lemon juice and vanilla extract. Beat in flour mixture. |
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Spoon 1/3 of batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle with half of nut mixture. Spoon 1/3 of batter over. Sprinkle with remaining nut mixture. Cover with remaining batter. Run knife through batter in zigzag pattern. |
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Bake bread until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 50 minutes to 1 hour. (I check it at 50 minutes because sometimes it seems to cook more quickly.) Turn out onto rack and cool. |
7 Reader Questions and Reviews Hide Comments
we just made these with our overripe bananas and almost finished an entire loaf! absolutely delicious :] this is now our #1 banana nut bread recipe. a million thanks!
Okay… in reading your blog a while back you put the idea of banana bread in my head and I keep buying extra bananas to have some really ripe ones so that I “have to” make some banana bread. Well this week I got my wish and had enough to make this wonderful banana bread (less the nuts) and some really great banana waffles. Life is good!
Nice photos!
You had me at BANANA. But, honestly, your photo makes me want to lick my computer monitor. So homey. Delicious job.
I will definitely be giving this a try – lovely recipe!
Now your talkin! Banana bread with chocolate chips is a perfect combo. Thamks for the tasty recipe
This banana bread looks irresistible!!