Brown Sugar Banana Bread with Chocolate Chips
A perfect starter recipe to use your whole wheat! Just check out the ingredients for this banana bread...it's got mashed fruit, chocolate, cinnamon, nuts (optional), and of course, brown sugar! It's moist, flavorful, and perfect for that whole wheat flour you've always wanted to use and like!
Ingredients
- 3 bananas, mashed
- 1/3 cup melted butter
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- pinch salt
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 2 cups flour (whole wheat or a mixture of whole wheat & all-purpose)
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips (optional)
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
- In the bowl of your stand mixer, add bananas and mash using the whisk attachment.
- Add in butter and mix well.
- Add in baking powder, salt, brown sugar, egg and vanilla and mix well.
- Add in flour and cinnamon, and mix to combine.
- Stir in chocolate chips and nuts, if desired.
- Pour in a loaf pan and bake for 45-55 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
Notes
If you want to double this recipe, you can bake it in a Bundt pan for the same amount of time. It's like getting two loaves of bread for one!