Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups bananas, ripe and diced (about 4-5 bananas)
• 3 1/2 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/3 cup milk, at room temperature (or buttermilk)
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 large egg, at room temperature
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350 degrees. spray a 9 x 5 x 3 inch bread loaf pan with non-stick spray.
• 2 in a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder and cinnamon.
• 3 in another small bowl, combine milk, half the bananas and the vanilla extract.
• 4 in a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. add the oil and mix. then add the egg and mix until incorporated.
• 5 continue mixing in the large bowl, and alternately add the dry mixture (flour) and wet mixture (milk/bananas). add 2 parts of the wet mixture for every 1 part of the dry mixture.
• 6 add the chocolate chips and fold in the remaining bananas.
• 7 bake 50 minutes, or until a wooden skewer comes out clean. let cool before slicing.