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Easy Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Recipe

This easy chocolate chip banana bread recipe is tender, sweet, moist and packed with chocolate chips and crunchy walnuts, this is what banana bread dreams are made of!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Course Breakfast, Brunch, Dessert
Servings 16 servings

Equipment

  • Loaf pan
  • Mixing bowl
  • Whisk

Ingredients
  

  • 2 bananas
  • 2 eggs
  • 150 g melted butter 2/3 cups
  • 200 g caster sugar 1 cup
  • 150 g plain flour 1 1/4 cups
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp espresso powder (or 1/2 tsp instant coffee diluted)
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 cup chocolate chips 170g
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts 60g
  • 1 tbsp plain flour (to coat the chocolate chips and walnuts in)

Banana Bread Topping

  • extra chocolate chips
  • extra chopped walnuts
  • 1 tbsp granulated sugar

Instructions
 

  • Preheat on oven at (180°C / 355°F / gas mark 4)
  • Mash the bananas with a fork or whisk, till mostly smooth
  • Then, crack in the eggs one at a time and whisk together well for a few minutes
  • Next, add in the sugar and melted butter and combine
  • Now, add in the salt, vanilla and espresso powder (or instant coffee) and mix
  • Sift in the plain flour and baking powder, mix well to combine (but do not overmix!)
  • Coat the chocolate chips and chopped walnuts in 1 tbsp of flour and fold into the banana bread mixture
  • Pour the banana bread batter in a prepared loaf pan and top with some extra chocolate chips, walnuts and a sprinkle of granulated sugar for that extra crisp top
  • Bake for 40 - 50 minutes until the top is golden and a toothpick comes out clean
    Note: the top of the banana bread often browns before the inside is fully cooked, so once the top has browned cover the loaf pan in a sheet of foil, until fully cooked in the centre
  • When the banana bread is done cooking, take it out onto a cooling rack, slice and serve!

Notes

  • Use foil -  to cover the top of the banana bread, especially if you’re making this in a loaf tin as, the top tends to brown before the inside is fully cooked
  • Store the chocolate chip banana bread - in a airtight container or tin and store at room temperature at it should last for about 3 days
  • If you don’t have overripe bananas - use can use ripe yellow bananas and add in a little more sugar
  • If you don't like walnuts - simply leave them out or replace them with pecans instead
  • To mash the bananas - use a fork, a potato masher or even a metal whisk
Keyword Banana, Chocolate