Old Fashioned Banana Bread
author: "Erin Abzug"
source: "Michelle Fidler"
type: recipe
rating: *****
tags: recipe personal bread dessert chocolate banana quick-bread
creation date: 2022-11-25
mod date: 2022-11-25
AKA Chocolate, Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
Can be made as a 9”x5”x3” loaf or as muffins. Makes 1 loaf or 12 muffins (depending on muffin size)
Servings: ~12
Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: mini-muffins 14 Minutes, muffins - 30 Minutes, loaf - 1 Hour 10 Minutes
Total Time: muffins - 45 Minutes, loaf - 1 Hour 25 Minutes
Makes: 48 mini-muffins, 12 muffins, 1 loaf
Ingredients
| Amount | Ingredient | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Cups | All-Purpose Flour | Can use 1 Cup All-Purpose and 1 Cup Whole Wheat | |
| 1 Cup | Sugar | can be white or brown sugar or a combination of the two | |
| 1 Stick (4 oz) | Butter | Melted | |
| 1 tsp | Vanilla | ||
| 3 T | Cocoa Powder | Sifted | |
| 2 Cups | Chocolate Chips | ||
| 3 | Bananas (very ripe) | ||
| 1 tsp | Baking Soda | Sifted | |
| 2 | Eggs | ||
| 1/4 tsp | Salt |
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees
- Melt the butter
- Put Sugar in medium to large bowl
- Add melted butter and mix until integrated.
- Add eggs and mix together - do not overmix
- Add flour, salt, and vanilla
- Sift baking soda and cocoa powder into bowl
- Squish bananas and add to bowl.
- Mix together until just integrated.
- Add chocolate chips and mix through.
- Grease desired baking pan with pam
- Put into muffin tin or bread pan.
- For muffins bake 25-30 minutes.
- For mini-muffins ~14 minutes.
- To check for doneness:
- poke down through the center of a muffin with a toothpick.
- If it comes out clean, it is done.
- To check for doneness:
- For a loaf bake for 1 hour 10 minutes
- Be careful when decanting from pan as the loaf will be fragile
- Remove carefully from pans and let cool on cooling rack before eating.