Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
10 servings15 min prep60 min cookEasy
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The Tale of Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
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Building on classic banana bread's Depression-era popularity, the chocolate chip variation emerged later in the 20th century after Toll House chocolate chips became a household staple in the 1940s-50s, with bakers folding them into the already-beloved quick bread.
Ingredients
Scale:· 10 servings
- 3 very ripe bananas, mashed
- 1/3 cup melted butter
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp baking soda
- Pinch of salt
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- 1Preheat oven to 350°F and grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
- 2Mix mashed bananas with melted butter, then stir in sugar, egg, and vanilla.
- 3Sprinkle baking soda and salt over the mixture and stir in.
- 4Fold in the flour just until combined, then fold in the chocolate chips.
- 5Pour into the pan and bake 55-60 minutes, until a toothpick comes out mostly clean.
- 6Cool in the pan 10 minutes before turning out.
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