Chocolate banana bread

Updated at: Thu, 29 Feb 2024 06:29:37 GMT

Step 1

Heat your oven to 176°c Grease a 9 X 5 loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray and set aside

Step 2

In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and sea salt

Step 3

Set aside

Step 4

In a large bowl, mash the ripe bananas with a fork Add melted butter and oil and stir until combined Stir in brown sugar, egg, and vanilla extract. Stir until smooth

Step 5

Stir dry ingredients into wet ingredients, don’t over mix

Step 6

Stir in 3/4 cup of chocolate chips

Step 7

Pour batter into prepared pan

Step 8

Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup of chocolate chips over top of bread

Step 9

Bake for 50-65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of bread comes out mostly clean you might have some melted chocolate chips on the toothpick and that is fine

Step 10

You just don’t want a lot of gooey batter

Step 11

Check at 50 minutes, just to be safe. Oven times vary

Step 12

Remove pan from oven and set on a wire cooling rack

Step 13

Let bread cool in pan for 10-15 minutes

Step 14

Run a knife around edges of the bread and carefully remove from the pan

Step 15

Let bread cool on wire cooling rack until slightly warm. Cut into slices and serve

Step 16

Note bread will keep on the counter, wrapped in plastic wrap, for up to 4 days. This bread also freezes well. To freeze, cool the bread completely and wrap in plastic wrap and aluminum foil

Step 17

Freeze for up to 1 month just

Step 18

Defrost before slicing

0 liked

0 disliked