Chocolate Chip Banana Bread (Print Version)

Moist, tender banana bread swirled with melty chocolate chips. An easy treat for any time of day.

# What You Need:

→ Wet Ingredients

01 - 3 ripe bananas, mashed
02 - ⅓ cup unsalted butter, melted
03 - ½ cup granulated sugar
04 - ¼ cup light brown sugar
05 - 2 large eggs
06 - 1 tsp vanilla extract

→ Dry Ingredients

07 - 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
08 - 1 tsp baking soda
09 - ½ tsp salt

→ Mix-ins

10 - ¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

# Directions:

01 - Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease and line a 9x5-inch loaf pan with parchment paper.
02 - In a large bowl, mash the bananas. Stir in melted butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract until well combined.
03 - In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt.
04 - Add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture and stir gently until just combined—do not overmix.
05 - Fold in the chocolate chips.
06 - Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan. Optionally, sprinkle extra chocolate chips on top.
07 - Bake for 50–60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs.
08 - Allow to cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely before slicing.

# Expert Tips:

01 -
  • The texture is impossibly moist without being dense or heavy
  • Chocolate chunks melting into warm banana bread is basically happiness in edible form
02 -
  • Overmixing creates tough, rubbery bread—stop as soon as flour disappears
  • Every oven is different, so start checking at 50 minutes rather than relying solely on the timer
03 -
  • Use the parchment paper sling to lift the bread out of the pan—it comes out perfectly every time
  • Let the bread cool completely before slicing or it will steam and become gummy

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