Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

• servings: 12 servings
• active time: 15 minutes
• total time: 1 hour 20 minutes

Ingredients

1 1/2 Cups Mashed Bananas

1/2 Cup Vegetable Oil

2 Large Eggs (– 114 grams – Large eggs, not extra large or jumbo eggs.)

1 Cup White Granulated Sugar

2 Cups All Purpose Flour (– 240 grams)

1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract (– 5 milliliters)

1 Teaspoon Baking Soda (– 5 grams)

1 Teaspoon Baking Powder (– 4 grams)

1/2 Teaspoon Salt (– 3 grams)

3/4 Cup Mini Chocolate Chips (Semi-Sweet) - 180 grams)

Directions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (163 degrees C).

Mash bananas with a fork.

Lightly beat eggs.

Mix mashed bananas, vegetable oil, eggs and sugar together in a large mixing bowl. Stir until completely mixed.

Mix in the remaining ingredients (except chocolate chips). Stir until the batter is fully mixed. FYI – I prefer to use a large spoon to mix the batter. An electric mixer can overmix the batter and this can lead to gummy & rubbery banana breads.

Add 3/4 cup of mini chocolate chips to the batter. Stir until chips are completely mixed into the batter.

Pour the finished batter into a nonstick bread pan. Smooth out the top of the batter within the bread pan. FYI - Use baking parchment paper to line the pan (before adding the batter) if you plan to sprinkle mini chips on top of the batter. Easier to lift banana bread out & reduces "smudging" the top chips. See tips section below for more info.

Optional - Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of mini chocolate chips on top of the batter before placing the pan in the oven.

Bake in the oven at 325 F (163 C) for 65-70 minutes.

Take pan out of the oven and let the banana bread cool down in the bread pan for 10 minutes. Do not remove the banana bread from the bread pan during this 10 minute cool down period. Use oven mitts as the bread pan will be very hot coming out of the oven. FYI – Do not skip this step as the “cool down” completes the baking process.

After 10 minutes, remove the banana bread from the bread pan. Place the banana bread on a cooling rack in order to completely cool. This cooldown can take 1 to 2 hours.

Please READ the recipe's tips section on Bread Dad (BreadDad.com) for extra information on how to make this recipe successfully & to avoid common banana bread problems.

Nutrition

• Serving Size: 1 slice
• Calories: 316 kcal
• Total Fat: 13 g
• Saturated Fat: 3 g
• Unsaturated Fat: 9 g
• Cholesterol: 29 mg
• Sodium: 242 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 47 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2 g
• Total Sugars: 27 g
• Protein: 4 g