Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

You don't know how badly I was craving banana bread when I made this. I wanted it so bad. But I was nervous, I'd never made it, and I heard a lot of recipes came out soggy in the middle, etc. But this recipe worked great.

You'll need bananas (I used 3), flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, vanilla, chocolate chips, two eggs, butter, sour cream and salt.

Mash those bananas! Mash'em good.

Beat together the butter, sugar, eggs, sour cream, vanilla and mashed bananas until blended. You might want to do them one ingredient at a time, like the butter and sugar, then the eggs one at a time till blended, then the sour cream, then the others. They'll combine better that way.

Then you stir in the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and chocolate chips. I tossed my chocolate chips with my dry ingredients first to give them a coating of flour so they wouldn't all stick together or sink to the bottom.

I filled a loaf pan about 2/3 full.. I wanted to eat the batter straight out of the bowl so badly.

And I had enough leftover batter to make six muffins. I baked them together at 325 for 40-50 minutes, taking the muffins out at about 25 minutes. Make sure you keep an eye on them, my oven runs hot. If the top of your bread is getting too brown and the center isn't quite done, cover it with foil and put it back in the oven for another 10 minutes.

They were so good, so moist and chocolatey and amazing. It was everything I had dreamed of and now I know why I don't make banana bread often. I CANNOT LEAVE IT ALONE.

Noooommmmmmmmmmm.

The BEST Chocolate Chip Banana Bread (original recipe from here, on Tasty Kitchen)

• ½ cups Butter, Room Temperature
• 1-¼ cup Sugar
• 2 whole Eggs
• ½ cups Sour Cream
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla
• 1 cup Mashed Ripe Bananas (usually Equals 2 Bananas)
• 1-¾ cup Flour
• 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
• 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
• 1 pinch Salt
• ¾ cups Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Beat together until blended the butter, sugar, eggs, sour cream, vanilla, and mashed ripe bananas.

Stir in the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and chocolate chips.

Pour batter into 2 greased loaf pans. Bake for 40-50 minutes (you will want to keep an eye on it, as ovens vary). Cool in the pan for 15 minutes before removal.
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Banana bread is one of those baked goods that you can almost convince yourself is healthy. Almost. I love love love dense, moist cakey things.

 Just looking at these pictures is making me want to make some. *drools*

Go ahead, make some. It's got bananas in it. Potassium is important, yo.