Confession... this recipe happened by accident. I only had two super ripe bananas on hand, but I was craving banana bread. I whipped up this recipe freely, just feeling things out based on what I had in my pantry, taking notes of what I was adding just in case it turned out well. Well, turns out this Chocolate Chip Banana Bread was totally worth sharing! It was moist, sweet, and speckled with chocolate chips, just the way I like it. I had to share because it would be a disservice not to...
Author: Maddie Augustin
Ingredients
1 ½cupwhite whole wheat flour
½cupchocolate chips
1tspbaking powder
1tspcinnamon
¼tspnutmeg
2largeripe bananas
1egg
½cupbuttersoftened or melted
¼cupwhole milk
½cupbrown sugarpacked
⅓cupmaple syrup
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350F
In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, chocolate chips, baking powder, cinnamon, and nutmeg and stir until just mixed.
Prepare wet ingredients by mashing bananas. Then add egg, butter, whole milk, brown sugar, and maple syrup, and mash and stir until well-mixed.
Combine wet and dry ingredients and stir just until a sticky dough forms, taking care not to over mix.
Add to a loaf pan lined with parchment paper and bake for 45-50 minutes. Check by poking it with a knife in the center, it's done with the knife comes out clean.
Remove from oven and allow to cool for at least 10 minutes before removing from pan and enjoying.