Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
Author: Itsy Bitsy Foodies
Recipe type: Quick Bread, Baking
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Serves: 8+
- ½ cup shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup mashed banana (approximately 2 ripe bananas)
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ⅓ cup milk + 1 tsp vinegar (or ⅓ cup + 1 tsp buttermilk)
- ½ - ¾ cup chocolate chips
- Cream the shortening and the sugar.
- Mix in the eggs and then the mashed bananas.
- Alternately add the remaining dry and wet ingredients.
- Stir in the chocolate chips at the end.
- Pour the batter into a greased loaf pan.
- Bake the bread at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Let the loaf cool in the pan for ten minutes.
- Gently slide a knife around the edges of the loaf to loosen it from the pan.
- Then invert the pan onto a plate and gently shake and tap it until the bread falls out.
- Let the banana bread cool completely on a wire rack.
Recipe by Itsy Bitsy Foodies at http://itsybitsyfoodies.com/chocolate-chip-banana-bread/
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