Or Chocolate Pumpkin Nut Bread! You decide! Sweet breads make the best of holiday cooking any time of the year! Whether it's for a gathering, to give as gifts, or for something to pair with a cozy cup of coffee, this Chocolate Banana Nut Bread is a delicious choice!
Chocolate Banana Nut Bread
Ingredients:
½ cup unsalted butter, softened
2/3 cup granulated sugar (substitute as preferred – monk fruit, brown, etc.)
2 large eggs
2 tablespoons buttermilk
3 ripe bananas (the riper, the better)
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon fine salt
½ cup chopped pecans
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350˚F.
Butter and flour a 9”x5” bread loaf pan.
In a mixing bowl, cream together ½ cup softened butter, buttermilk, and 2/3 cup sugar. Add the eggs and whisk until thoroughly mixed.
Mash bananas with a fork until consistency of chunky applesauce.
Add mashed bananas to the mixing bowl along with vanilla extract, cinnamon and nutmeg. Mix until evenly blended.
In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda and salt.
Add the dry ingredients to the mixing bowl and stir until well mixed.
Fold in ¾ cup chocolate chips and pecan pieces, then transfer mixture to a prepared bread pan.
Sprinkle remaining ¼ cup chocolate over the top.
Bake for 55-65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Let banana bread rest for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool.
Enjoy!
* Tip – This recipe works with replacing bananas for pumpkin puree! Want an extra moist bread? Stir in a heaping tablespoon (us country folk call it a dollop) of sour cream or Greek yogurt.
As always, served with a cup of fresh, hot coffee or cozy tea. Yummy!
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