World's Best Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
Author: simply beautiful eating
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- ¼ cup oil (I used grape-seed)
- 1 cup white sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 2 x-large eggs
- 1½ cups mashed ripe bananas (I use 3 medium well-ripened bananas)
- ½ cup sour cream or Greek yogurt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups AP flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips plus a handful for topping (you can add pecans or chopped walnuts too)
- ½ teaspoon salt
- additional brown sugar for top of batter
- Preheat oven to 325F
- Mix together butter, oil, sugars and eggs.
- Add mashed bananas, sour cream and vanilla, stirring together well.
- Mix in flour, baking soda , baking powder, chocolate chips (and nuts if desired) and salt, stirring until it is well blended.
- Pour into 1 greased large loaf pan lined with parchment for easy removal
- Sprinkle additional chocolate chips & brown sugar generously over top of batter, using your hand to gently pat some of it into the batter.
- Bake for about 1 to 1½ hours , check with toothpick to see if done.
- Allow bread to cool in pan for about 20 minutes, then lift out the parchment paper and cool on wire rack.
Recipe by SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL EATING at https://simplybeautifuleating.com/2024/03/11/worlds-best-chocolate-chip-banana-bread/
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