Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Banana Bread With Chocolate Chips!

My friend Kathi always makes really delicious and moist banana bread.  My banana bread is inconsistent.  Sometimes great, sometimes too dry.  I finally asked her for her recipe and here it is:

Banana Nut Bread
2 1/2 C flour
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 c. butter or crisco
4 eggs
6 mashed (over ripe) bananas
1/2 c. nuts

Cream together crisco and sugar.  Add the eggs and bananas.  Mix the dry ingredients in a separate bowl then add to the banana mixture, 1/2 a cup at a time.  Then add the nuts.
Use 2 bread pans or rectangular cake pan.  Bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes.


Well, I didn't have that many bananas or any nuts.  So I cut my recipe in half and added chocolate chips instead of the nuts.  I run my life by the theory that chocolate makes everything better!   I switched out a dairy free margarine for the butter because I can't have dairy.

* A good tip from my friend is to put your bananas in the freezer when they start to get dark and  speckled.  I keep a zip lock bag in my freezer for the bananas that are over ripe and ready for banana bread.  That way you can keep them for a when you have time to bake.  Just thaw them out and you are ready to go.



This isn't a full size rectangular cake pan, since I only made half the original recipe.  I have a smaller cake pan.  ( I couldn't find my bread pan)


Sorry, we kind of attacked the banana bread as soon as it came out of the oven.  We didn't get a photo of it in it's pristine fresh out of the oven glory.  
It was really moist and very yummy!!


8 comments:

  1. Banana bread fresh out of the oven is one of life's little pleasures :)

    Rowena @ rolala loves

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  2. Haha, I love that last picture! That's how we are with baked goods :) looks like an amazing recipe!

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  3. I've never attempted to make a banana bread, which is so odd, because bananas are one of our main produce :/

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  4. Chocolate does make everything better! I hate bananas but I think the chocolate would make this delectable for my palette!

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  5. Looks yummy! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
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  6. Well I love both! So I have to try this. Looks delicious.
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  7. Looks super yummy! Love to try it soon :) xo akiko
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  8. Super delicious ,nom nom :)

    kisses

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