Please tell me you
have some yummy ripe,
speckled bananas sitting
on your counter to use...
'cuz I have just the
recipe for you!
It's a Classic.
Growing up,
my Mom would whip up a loaf
or two of this
fabulous banana bread ~
Complete with chocolate chips.
Everything goes better
with chocolate, don't you think?
We certainly thought so ~
It was our motto. :)
Classic Banana Nut Bread
(With Chocolate Chips)
~ Originally written out
from a recipe that my Mom had
written out...long, long ago!
(Tweaked a little, of course) ~
1/3 cup Butter, softened
1/2 cup Sugar
(I use organic and I use less...
perhaps 1/3 cup)
2 Eggs
1 3/4 cups Flour
(I use 1 cup Unbleached All Purpose,
and 3/4 cup Whole Wheat ~ Organic)
1/2 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Sea Salt
1 cup mashed Bananas
1/2 cup Pecans, chopped
1 cup Chocolate Chips
(If you use Milk Chocolate,
reduce sugar by half)
Cream together butter and sugar.
Add eggs and beat well.
Stir together dry ingredients
with a wire wisk in a medium sized bowl.
Set aside.
Mash bananas, measure,
and set aside.
Add about 1/3 dry ingredients
to mixer and blend.
Add about 1/3 of banana
to mixer and blend.
Continue adding dry and wet
ingredients alternately to mixer
until all used up.
Stir in nuts and chocolate chips.
Scrape into a parchment paper
lined (or well greased) loaf pan.
(Mine is 9 1/2" x 5" x 3")
Bake at 350 degrees F
for about 50 minutes until done.
(It sometimes takes nearly an hour) ~
Test with a toothpick in the centre
of the crack ~ It should come out
relatively clean...not gooey. :)
have some yummy ripe,
speckled bananas sitting
on your counter to use...
'cuz I have just the
recipe for you!
It's a Classic.
Growing up,
my Mom would whip up a loaf
or two of this
fabulous banana bread ~
Complete with chocolate chips.
Everything goes better
with chocolate, don't you think?
We certainly thought so ~
It was our motto. :)
Classic Banana Nut Bread
(With Chocolate Chips)
~ Originally written out
from a recipe that my Mom had
written out...long, long ago!
(Tweaked a little, of course) ~
1/3 cup Butter, softened
1/2 cup Sugar
(I use organic and I use less...
perhaps 1/3 cup)
2 Eggs
1 3/4 cups Flour
(I use 1 cup Unbleached All Purpose,
and 3/4 cup Whole Wheat ~ Organic)
1/2 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Sea Salt
1 cup mashed Bananas
1/2 cup Pecans, chopped
1 cup Chocolate Chips
(If you use Milk Chocolate,
reduce sugar by half)
Cream together butter and sugar.
Add eggs and beat well.
Stir together dry ingredients
with a wire wisk in a medium sized bowl.
Set aside.
Mash bananas, measure,
and set aside.
Add about 1/3 dry ingredients
to mixer and blend.
Add about 1/3 of banana
to mixer and blend.
Continue adding dry and wet
ingredients alternately to mixer
until all used up.
Stir in nuts and chocolate chips.
Scrape into a parchment paper
lined (or well greased) loaf pan.
(Mine is 9 1/2" x 5" x 3")
Bake at 350 degrees F
for about 50 minutes until done.
(It sometimes takes nearly an hour) ~
Test with a toothpick in the centre
of the crack ~ It should come out
relatively clean...not gooey. :)
About that cracked top ~
Apparently it's supposed to be there.
It means you've got banana bread success!
Who knew?
Once it's out of the oven,
Turn out onto a cooling rack.
Cool completely
(if you can wait that long)
before slicing.
It is especially nice warm,
but really, loaves like this are
best left until completely cool
and even until the next day
to fully ripen.
Just be sure to cover
when cool to keep it from drying out.
This loaf freezes well.
While you are at it,
you might want to make two ~
One for now, and one for later.
Enjoy!
Blessings,
Camille
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