Description
Moist chocolate chip banana bread delivers a perfect blend of sweet bananas and rich chocolate chips. Homemade comfort awaits with this simple, delightful recipe you’ll crave again and again.
Ingredients
Scale
- 3–4 bananas, ripe (about 1 ½ cups / 360 ml mashed)
- 1 ¾ cups (220 g / 7.75 oz) all-purpose flour
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup (115 g / 4 oz) unsalted butter, melted
- ½ cup (100 g / 3.5 oz) granulated sugar
- ¾ cup (130 g / 4.6 oz) semi-sweet chocolate chips
- ¼ cup (55 g / 2 oz) brown sugar, packed
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon (optional)
Instructions
- Oven Preparation: Preheat oven to 350F (175C) and line a standard loaf pan with parchment paper, lightly greasing to prevent sticking.
- Banana Foundation: Mash ripe bananas in a large mixing bowl until smooth, eliminating substantial lumps to create a creamy base.
- Flavor Infusion: Blend melted butter and sugars into mashed bananas, stirring vigorously to develop a rich, glossy mixture that promises depth of flavor and tender crumb.
- Wet Ingredient Fusion: Whisk eggs and vanilla extract into the banana mixture, creating a silky, homogeneous blend that will provide structure and moisture to the bread.
- Dry Ingredient Integration: Sift flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon together in a separate bowl, ensuring even distribution of leavening agents and spices.
- Batter Composition: Delicately fold dry ingredients into wet mixture using minimal strokes to prevent gluten development, maintaining a light, tender texture.
- Chocolate Embellishment: Gently incorporate chocolate chips throughout the batter, reserving a few for decorative topping, ensuring consistent chocolate distribution in each slice.
- Pan Transfer and Finishing: Pour batter into prepared pan, smoothing the surface and sprinkling reserved chocolate chips on top for an appetizing presentation.
- Baking Process: Place in preheated oven, tenting with aluminum foil if surface browns too quickly to ensure even cooking and prevent excessive caramelization.
- Cooling and Serving: Remove from oven when a toothpick inserted comes out clean, let rest briefly in pan, then transfer to a cooling rack to maintain moisture and structural integrity before slicing.
Notes
- Select Ultra-Ripe Bananas: Choose bananas with deep brown or black speckled peels for maximum natural sweetness and moisture, which enhances the bread’s rich flavor and tender texture.
- Control Mixing Technique: Fold dry ingredients gently with minimal strokes to prevent overworking the batter, which prevents tough, dense bread and maintains a light, tender crumb.
- Customize Chocolate Chip Distribution: Dust chocolate chips lightly with flour before adding to prevent sinking, ensuring even chocolate spread throughout each slice of the bread.
- Manage Moisture Balance: Cover bread with aluminum foil if browning too quickly, protecting the surface while allowing complete interior cooking and preventing dry edges.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Category: Breakfast, Snacks, Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 11
- Calories: 230
- Sugar: 12 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 35 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 40 mg