Chocolate Chunk Banana Bread
Skip the store bought banana bread and bake this classic loaf style cake that is easier than it looks. It’s incredibly moist and allows the sweetness of ripe bananas to shine.Here are a few variations on the recipe for you to serve from breakfast to dessert. You can keep it classic with the Basic Banana Bread recipe. For an added pop of rich flavor simply fold in chocolate chunks. For a treat that resembles a coffee cake, top your loaf with a textured streusel topping. These flavorful loaves are excellent in the morning with a cup of coffee and make great gifts, too. Banana bread is so versatile that you can serve it as a dessert by slathering a slice with salted honey butter and topping it with seasonal berries. The loaves freeze beautifully so keep a stash in the freezer to get ahead on your holiday bulk baking or to enjoy at a later date. Locate your loaf pans and enjoy these versatile recipes when you’re ready for your fall baking. We’d like to see your version. Share your creation by tagging us on Instagram at @InsideNewOrleans. For more recipes go to YDelicacies.com or follow on Instagram at @y_delicacies.
Basic Banana Bread
Yvette Jemison
YDelicacies.com
Servings:makes one 8 ½” x 4 ½” loaf
½ cup vegetable oil
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
¾ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon kosher salt
1 ¼ cups ripe bananas, mashed
1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
½ cup walnuts, chopped
1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour an 8 ½” x 4 ½” loaf pan.
2. In a large bowl using a mixer on medium speed, beat oil, sugar, eggs and vanilla until pale and creamy. Add baking soda and salt and mix until just combined. Add bananas and mix until combined.
3. With the mixer on low speed, add flour and mix until just combined.
4.Fold in the walnuts.
5. Scrape batter into the prepared pan. Bake bread until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean, 60-75 minutes.
6. Transfer pan to a wire rack and let bread cool in pan for 15 minutes. Invert onto a cooling rack and let bread cool completely before slicing.
VARIATIONS:
Chocolate Chunk Banana Bread
½ cup (about 2 oz.) dark chocolate, chopped
½ teaspoon all-purpose flour
1. In a small bowl toss chocolate and flour until chocolate is well coated.
2. Fold into prepared banana bread batter in step 4 of Basic Banana Bread recipe.
