Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Loaf

Preheat oven to 325 degrees

1c. Sugar

8 Tbsp. unsalted butter, room temp

(or microwave for 11 seconds in non-metallic wrapper)

2 Large Eggs

4 ripe bananas, mashed w/ a fork

1 Tbsp. Milk (vanilla soymilk works too)

¼ tsp. vanilla

1 tsp cinnamon

¼ tsp pumpkin pie spice

2c. Flour

1 tsp. each:  baking powder, salt, baking soda

1 c. chocolate chips, semi-sweet w/ 1 tsp. flour sprinkled on them

(to prevent them from sinking to the bottom of the batter as it cooks)

Cream the butter and sugar til light n fluffy.  Add eggs 1 at a time, beat well after add each.  Add milk & vanilla, mix.  Lightly blend in the mashed bananas.

            In another bowl, mix together the lightly layered flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and pumpkin pie spice.  Add in ½ the flour mixture, blend, stir in the other ½ to just mixed in.  Add the chocolate and stir to combine.

            Prep a Loaf pan w/butter and lightly floured.  Pour batter into prepped pan.  Bake 60-75 minutes until toothpick comes out clean.  Cool in pan on a wire rack, for 15-20 minutes, then if you wish you can invert pan to remove and finish cooling on a wire rack.  Cool completely before slicing. 

            If wish bake w/ streusel topping of:

1 Tbsp. butter, 1 c. granola, 1 Tbsp. brown sugar, and 2 Tbsp. chocolate chips – mix in a mini food processor til fine and slightly moist.  Sprinkle all over the top.

Enjoy J

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