Banana Bread

Ingredients

• 2 to 3 very ripe bananas, peeled (about 1 ¼ to 1 ½ cups mashed)

• ⅓ cup melted butter, unsalted or salted

• 1 teaspoon baking soda

• Pinch of salt

• ½ cup sugar (I use ¼ brown ⅛-ish white, so it’s not too sweet)

• 1 large egg, beaten and at room temperature

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

• 1 ½ cups of all-purpose flour (measure properly!)

• Chocolate chips to your liking

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to  350°F . Spray an 8” x 4” loaf pan. Remember to start preheating first thing, so that the oven is sitting at  350°F for a while instead of right after it’s done preheating (because ovens LIE about being ready)!

2. In a mixing bowl, mash the ripe bananas until completely smooth.

3. Stir the melted butter into the mashed bananas .

4. Mix in the baking soda and salt .

5. Stir in the sugar , beaten egg , and vanilla extract .

6. Mix in the flour . Do not overmix.

7. Slap in those chocolate chips !

8. Pour the batter into your prepared loaf pan. Bake for about 45 minutes at  350°F , or until a toothpick or wooden skewer inserted into the center comes out clean. A few dry crumbs are okay; streaks of wet batter are not. If the outside of the loaf is browned but the center is still wet, loosely tent the loaf with foil and continue baking until the loaf is fully baked.

Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 60 mins

Total Time 70 mins

Servings 8 to 10 servings

Yield1 loaf

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

220

Calories

7g

Fat

37g

Carbs

3g

Protein