When I woke up this morning, I went into the kitchen to pour myself a cup of coffee. I noticed the overly ripe bananas sitting on the counter and suddenly had the urge to bake banana bread. That is something my mom would do. My mom made banana bread at least once a month because no one in the house would eat bananas, and she continued to buy them. I didn’t mind because I love banana bread. The best kind of banana bread is moist, falls apart easily, and has just the right amount of banana power.
I didn’t have my mom’s recipe on hand, so I went to the best source for banana bread…the internet. When it comes to baking, I like to find recipes with the best reviews. That way, you know it’s good. After doing some research, I found this recipe for banana bread on Food.com It had over 550 reviews and most of them were 4-5 stars. After writing up this blog post, I’ll be adding another review and another five stars to the page.
I like a simple to follow recipes and this was definitely one of them. It took about 10 minutes to prepare and one hour to bake. While the banana bread baked, I sipped on my coffee and enjoyed the delicious banana bread aroma that filled the air. No need for banana bread candles when you can have the real deal floating around.
The Best Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
Ingredients
- 1 Stick (1/2 cup) Unsalted Butter
- 1 Cup Sugar (or Swerve)
- 2 Large Eggs (beaten)
- 3 Medium Extra-Ripe Bananas
- 1 1/2 Cups All-Purpose Flour
- 1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1 Teaspoon Cinnamon
- 1/2 Teaspoon Salt
- 1 Teaspoon Vanilla
- 10 Ounces Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
Instructions
- Grease a loaf pan with butter/or cooking spray and preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Cream the butter and sugar together in an electric mixer.
- Mix in the beaten eggs, vanilla, and bananas.
- Sift the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt together.
- Slowly add in the dry ingredients to the mixer.
- Stir in the chocolate chips.
- Pour the batter into the loaf pan. *top with walnuts or other fun toppings if you want!
- Bake for 5-50 minutes. Use the toothpick method to determine if they are done.
-Bake the loaf for 50 minutes at 350 degrees. Turn oven off and let the loaf sit in the oven for an additional 15 minutes.
I like banana bread when it is fresh out of the oven. But, if you are not going to eat it right away, store it in the fridge so that it will stay nice and moist.
I was extremely happy with the way the banana bread turned out. The texture and flavors were spot on. I move into my new place next week and I can’t wait to start back up baking and cooking new recipes. I know I’ve been slacking in that category, but it’ll all be back to normal soon!
xo and have a wonderful Monday!
Leigha @ The Yooper Girl says
BANANA BREAD <3 it's my all time favorite food, for sure. I just made blueberry banana muffins yesterday! So yummy 🙂
Taralynn McNitt says
Delicious! I love blueberry muffins:)
Melanie says
YUM I love banana bread. It’s one of my favorite things to bake! I have a whole wheat choc chip banana bread recipe on my blog that is delicious! I definitely want to give this recipe a try.
Taralynn McNitt says
I love making the banana bread with whole wheat! A delicious healthy alternative.
taylor says
my dad passed down a family banana bread recipe using buckwheat flour…I think ill add chocolate chips to it after seeing this!
Livi says
I made some delicious banana bread this weekend!! Love it!
Leila says
lol.. Banana bread candles! That would be something.. Anyway, the banana bread looks delicious! I really liked the video tutorial. Hope there will be more to come!
Mindy says
Just made this tonight! Loved it! I added some cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice to it and used walnuts since I didn’t have the dark choc chips. So yummy!! Thanks for posting the recipe!
Lisa says
I can’t wait to try this recipe! If I use baking stevia it says 1/2 cup equals to 1 cup of sugar. Above you mentioned substituting it with 1 cup of baking stevia, will it be the same or sweeter ?
Einat says
It looks so good. I’m gonna give it a try today. Do u think I can replace the butter with something lighter like milk? or use less butter?
Taralynn McNitt says
You can always replace butter with applesauce, greek yogurt, or avocado puree!
Amy says
This was fantastic and so easy. We couldn’t stop eating it. My new favorite banana bread recipe. Thanks!
Ariel says
Delicious–I had to keep mine in the oven 10 more minutes since I used a smaller bread pan, but this was a total hit! I split it up with friends before a trip and it was done in moments..
pat says
loved this recipe *****
cate says
I made this and it was fantastic. Thank you tl
Mick says
Yum! I have to make this.
Regan says
BEST BANANA BREAD RECIPE EVER
Will says
My coworker brought this into the office (she works with your boyfriend Nick) and everyone loved it.
melanie says
This was the best banana bread I have ever made! (sorry mom)
viv says
My favorite recipe of yours!
Bill says
Can I keep this in the freezer?
ana says
making this asap
SAUL says
This was on my Facebook feed and now I’m going to have to try it. DARN COWORKERS!
Donna says
Made this with half a cup chickpea flour, half cup brown rice flour, and half cup white flour. Still turned out fantastic
Taralynn McNitt says
Sounds awesome!
tina says
Best tasting banana bread I have ever made.
Taralynn McNitt says
Thank you! 🙂
Laura says
Making this banana bread for the 5th time now…I’m obsessed! I almost cheer when I see the bananas get a little too ripe. Thank you for sharing this recipe!! 🙂
Selene says
I can aet banana bread literally with anything 🙂
Jaclyn says
Thanks for the recipe! It turned out delicious