Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

A slice of the banana bread recipe on a plate with sprinkles of chocolate chips and walnuts.

5 from 4 votes

Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

This easy banana bread recipe with chocolate chips and walnuts makes 3 loaves. Great for a large group and it freezes well too.

Course Breakfast, Snack

Cuisine American

Keyword banana bread

Dietary Restrictions Vegetarian

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 40

Total Time 1 20

Servings

Calories 214.11kcal

Author Lisa Lotts

Ingredients

4 eggs
1 ½ cups sugar
2 cups overripe bananas mashed
1 cup buttermilk
2 tablespoons vanilla
2 ½ cups all purpose flour
1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup miniature chocolate chips
1 teaspoon flour
1 cup walnuts toasted

For topping:

¼ cup miniature chocolate chips
¼ cup chopped walnuts

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Prepare three 8 ½ x 4 ½ inch loaf pans. Spray with vegetable spray. Cut a piece of parchment paper to fit the bottom of the loaf pan and lay it in.
In a large mixing bowl, combine 4 eggs and 1 ½ cups sugar. Blend at medium speed for about 5 minutes until thick and light-colored. Add 2 cups overripe bananas, 1 cup buttermilk and 2 tablespoons vanilla and blend until combined.
In a small bowl combine 2 ½ cups all purpose flour, 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1 teaspoon baking soda and 1 teaspoon salt. Stir to distribute ingredients.
Add flour to wet ingredients in three additions, being careful not to over mix the batter.
In the same bowl you used for the flour mixture, combine 1 cup miniature chocolate chips with 1 teaspoon flour and mix with your fingers until chocolate chips are dusted with flour. Stir the chips and 1 cup walnuts into the batter.
Divide the batter evenly between the three prepared loaf pans. Divide ¼ cup miniature chocolate chips and ¼ cup chopped walnuts and sprinkle them over each loaf.
Bake for 35-40 minutes, until golden brown and cake tester comes out clean.
Divide the remaining chocolate chips and walnuts over the top of the three loaves.
Cool on a rack for 20 minutes, then turn out the bread -- removing the parchment paper. Serve.

Notes

Banana bread freezes well. Wrap it in saran wrap, then in freezer paper. Keeps up to two months in the freezer, but if your family knows it's there -- it won't last.

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