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Banana Nut Bread Recipe

Banana Chocolate Chip Bread is so easy to make and comes out nice and moist, but not overly so. This homemade banana bread recipe comes together very quickly and you will be pleasantly surprised with the results. The bread infused with sweet banana flavour really hits the spot!
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time1 hour
Total Time1 hour 15 minutes
Course: Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 4
Calories: 596kcal
Author: Shil

Ingredients

  • cups All-purpose Flour/Maida
  • tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Baking soda
  • 3 Ripe Bananas
  • 2 Eggs
  • ½ cup Brown sugar
  • cup Choco Chips
  • 1 tsp Vanilla essence
  • ½ cup Melted unsalted butter

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 F (175 C).
  • Grease a 8 ½ inch x 4 ½ inch loaf pan, lightly dust it with flour and keep aside.
  • Sieve flour, salt and baking soda into a bowl. Keep aside.
  • Mash the bananas well in a bowl and keep aside.
  • In another bowl, lightly whisk the eggs and to the mashed bananas and blend well. Add brown sugar, melted butter and vanilla essence and whisk well.
  • Add the dry ingredients slowly to the wet mixture; using a spatula, mix well till all the ingredients are just about combined. Don’t overdo the stirring. Fold in the chocolate chips.
  • Pour the mixture into the greased loaf tin and bake in preheated oven for 60-75 minutes at 175C or until a tester inserted into centre of the bread comes out clean. However, check for doneness after 50 minutes of baking.
  • Let the bread cool in the tin for 10 minutes, and then turn out onto a wire rack.
  • Cut the loaf into slices and serve Banana Bread slices with cream.

Notes

For variation, you can add ½ cup of toasted walnuts or pecans, ¾ tsp of cinnamon, nutmeg, chopped cherries, etc.
Sprinkle some cinnamon and sugar on top of the batter before baking.
Tightly cling wrap the bread and keep at room temperature for 2-3 days or store in the refrigerator for 4-5 days.