Try this chocolate chip banana bread recipe: the best way to use up ripe fruit! It’s soft and sweet, flavored with brown butter.
Do you have ripe bananas on the counter? Here’s a decadent way to use them: Banana bread with chocolate chips! This recipe takes the norm up a notch by using browned butter and adding a rich, nutty flavor to the bread. It’s perfectly moist, sprinkled with semi-sweet chocolate chips, and flavored with just the right amount of cinnamon. In a word, it is absolutely correct heavenly.
Ingredients for this Chocolate Banana Bread recipe
This Chocolate Chip Banana Bread is pretty standard, except for the browned butter, which we’ll cover below. It contains some whole wheat flour and a little less chocolate chips than the norm: but it tastes just as decadent. Here are the ingredients you will need:
- Very ripe bananas
- butter
- granulated sugar
- eggs
- Vanilla
- baking powder, cinnamon and salt
- all purpose flour
- whole wheat flour
- Semi-sweet chocolate chips
Brown butter tips
The best thing about this Chocolate Chip Banana Bread? It is flavored with hazelnut butter. Browned butter is butter that is heated until it turns light brown, bringing out a complex, nutty flavor. It only takes a few minutes, and if a recipe requires you to melt butter, why not brown butter? Here are a few tips:
- Cut it into pieces so that it melts evenly. That way, the butter will heat up at the same rate (vs. a whole stick that gradually melts).
- Butter browns quickly, so watch out. Don’t leave the stove! It can go from blued to burned in an instant.
- Remove into a bowl to stop cooking. This will help prevent burns. Cool for a minute before pouring into the molds for your dough.
Mixtures and variations of flavors
Chocolate chip banana bread is one thing, but add a different flavor or mix and you’ll really impress the person you’re baking for. Here are a few ideas:
- Chopped nuts: Add ¼ to ½ cup chopped pecans or walnuts
- Other chips: Use a mixture of chocolate chips and peanut butter or caramel chips
- Sea-salt: Sprinkle with a pinch of flaky sea salt after cooking
- Orange peel: Add ½ teaspoon of orange zest to the batter
- Bourbon: Add 1 tablespoon of bourbon for an alcoholic undertone
- Asparagus: Add a pinch of nuggets because why not?
Recipes for riper bananas
There are so many ways to make great banana bread… and that’s not all! Make muffins, pancakes, cakes and more! Here are some ripe banana recipes to try:
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Try this chocolate chip banana bread recipe: the best way to use up ripe fruit! It’s soft and sweet, flavored with hazelnut butter.
- 1 ¼ cup mashed ripe bananas (3 medium bananas)
- ½ cup butter
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs (or flax eggs for vegans)
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon Cinammon
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- ½ cup whole wheat flour
- ¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- Preheat: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Butter an 8- or 9-inch loaf pan.
- Fry butter: Place the butter (cut into chunks) in a pan over medium-high heat. Heat for a few minutes until melted, becomes frothy, then begins to turn golden brown and smell nutty. Immediately remove from the heat and transfer to a bowl to cool for a minute before adding to the batter.
- make dough: Mash bananas in bottom of large bowl, enough for 1 ¼ cups. Add sugar, egg and vanilla extract. Add the hazelnut butter when done.
- In another bowl, combine baking powder, cinnamon, kosher salt, all-purpose flour, and whole wheat flour. Pour into the bowl with the wet ingredients and mix with a spoon. Gently stir in ½ cup chocolate chips.
- Bake: Pour the batter into the loaf pan and garnish with the remaining ¼ cup chocolate chips. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean (or the internal temperature is 200 degrees), 55 to 60 minutes: the exact time depends on the size of the pan. Optional: Add a pinch of fleur de sel when you take the bread out of the oven.
- Cool: Cool in the pan for 15 minutes. Then run a knife around the edge and invert the bread onto a cooling rack. Serve warm or at room temperature. Storage information: Bread keeps 4-5 days at room temperature wrapped in foil, refrigerated 10 days, or frozen 3 months (cut into pieces and wrapped in plastic wrap and then placed in a freezer-safe bag or container).
- Category: Fast bread
- Method: Cooked
- Kitchen: Cooked
- Diet: vegetarian
Keywords: Chocolate Chip Banana Bread, Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Recipe, Banana Chocolate Chip Bread
