Chocolate Chip Banana Bread (Printer-friendly)
Moist banana bread studded with semi-sweet chocolate chips for a rich, satisfying treat.
# What You Need:
→ Wet Ingredients
01 - 3 ripe bananas, mashed
02 - ⅓ cup unsalted butter, melted
03 - ½ cup granulated sugar
04 - ¼ cup light brown sugar
05 - 2 large eggs
06 - 1 tsp vanilla extract
→ Dry Ingredients
07 - 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
08 - 1 tsp baking soda
09 - ½ tsp salt
→ Mix-ins
10 - ¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
# How to Make It:
01 - Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease and line a 9x5-inch loaf pan with parchment paper.
02 - In a large bowl, mash the bananas thoroughly. Stir in melted butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract until well combined.
03 - In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt until evenly distributed.
04 - Add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture and stir gently until just combined. Do not overmix to ensure a tender texture.
05 - Fold in the chocolate chips until evenly distributed throughout the batter.
06 - Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Optionally, sprinkle extra chocolate chips on top for visual appeal.
07 - Bake for 50 to 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs.
08 - Allow to cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely before slicing.
# Expert Tips:
01 -
- The texture is impossibly moist without being dense, like a cross between cake and the best quick bread youve ever tasted
- Chocolate chunks melting into warm banana bread creates these irresistible pockets of gooey goodness
- It comes together in one bowl with ingredients you probably already have sitting in your kitchen
02 -
- Overmixing once you add the flour will make your bread tough and dense, so stop as soon as the flour streaks disappear
- Every oven bakes differently, so start checking at 50 minutes and tent with foil if the top is browning too fast
03 -
- Use the bottom of a measuring cup to press the parchment paper into the corners of your pan for perfect fitting
- Freeze overripe bananas if youre not ready to bake, just peel and mash them straight from frozen