Taste of Home | Madison's Must-Eat Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Submitted by: Heather Ambrose
Portion size: One square
Recipe yields: 1 loaf
Why they submitted this recipe:For years I made chocolate chip banana bread for my daughter—it was the one thing I knew she’d always eat, and her friends loved it too. It was filling, sweet, and always disappeared fast. I even brought it to her tennis matches, and it earned me “favorite mom” status. I’ll never forget how happy it made them to walk in and smell fresh banana bread baking at our house.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup mashed bananas, about 2 or 2.5 medium bananas
- ½ cup sour cream or plain greek yogurt a
- 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Spray a 9x5 inch loaf pan with nonstick baking spray.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the melted butter and brown sugar. Whisk in the eggs one at a time. Whisk in the vanilla extract. Whisk in the mashed bananas.
- Stir in the dry ingredients until just combined. Stir in the sour cream until combined.
- Pour in the loaf pan. Sprinkle the mini chocolate chips in a single layer over the batter.
- Bake for 55 to 65 minutes, or until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
Notes
Vegan? No
Vegetarian? No
Contains pork? No
Contains alcohol? No