Chocolate Banana Bread

I wanted to bake something with banana this week. It does not took me long to decide on this recipe from Joyof baking.

I am not a fan of chocolate. But the combination of chocolate, banana and chocolate chips is a real winner. The bread is moist and flavourful. I can't wait to bake this again

Ingredients

1/2 cup (55 grams) toasted walnuts or pecans, coarsely chopped
1 3/4 cups (230 grams) all-purpose flour
1/4 cup (30 grams) Dutch-processed cocoa powder
1 cup (200 grams) granulated white sugar
1 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup (85 grams) white or dark chocolate chips
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
1/2 cup (113 grams) unsalted butter, melted and cooled
3 ripe bananas (approximately 1 pound or 454 grams), mashed well (about 1-1/2 cups)
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Direction:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).

2. Butter and flour (or spray with a non stick vegetable/flour spray) the bottom and sides of a 9 x 5 x 3 inch (23 x 13 x 8 cm) loaf pan.

3. Lightly toast the walnuts. Let cool and then chop coarsely.

4. In a large bowl whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

5. In a medium-sized bowl combine the mashed bananas, eggs, melted butter, and vanilla.

6. Lightly fold the wet ingredients (banana mixture) into the dry ingredients until just combined and batter is thick and chunky.

7. Fold in the nuts and chocolate chips. Scrape batter into prepared pan and sprinkle the top of the bread with coarse brown sugar (optional- I omitted this).

8. Bake until bread has risen and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 55 to 65 minutes.

~bel~