Banana Bread (w/ Dark Chocolate & Pumpkin Spice)

This recipe is for delicious, moist banana bread studded with dark chocolate chips. The recipe involves mashing ripe bananas and mixing in melted butter, baking soda, salt, sugar, beaten egg, vanilla extract, and all-purpose flour, followed by folding in dark chocolate chips. The batter is baked until golden brown and a toothpick or wooden skewer inserted in the center comes out clean. This banana bread is perfect for breakfast, snacking, or even dessert, and will surely please both banana and chocolate lovers alike.

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Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).

Step 2

In a mixing bowl, mash the ripe bananas with a fork until completely smooth.

Step 3

Stir the melted butter into the mashed bananas.

Step 4

Mix in the baking soda and salt.

Step 5

Stir in the sugar, beaten egg, and vanilla extract.

Step 6

Mix in the flour.

Step 7

Mix in pumpkin spice

Step 8

Mix in the dark chocolate chips.

Step 9

Pour the batter into a greased loaf pan.

Step 10

Bake for 55 to 65 minutes, or until a toothpick or wooden skewer inserted into the center comes out clean. A few dry crumbs are okay, but streaks of wet batter are not.

Step 11

If the outside of the loaf is browned but the center is still wet, loosely tent the loaf with foil and continue baking until the loaf is fully baked.

Step 12

Let the bread cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing it from the pan and slicing it.