Chocolate Chunk Banana Bread

Ingredients

Directions

1. Preheat your oven to 350°F.
2. In a small bowl, melt your butter and set aside.
3. In a large bowl, add about 2 1/2 of your bananas (300g) and set aside the remaining (50g) for later. Mash your banana until it reaches a wet consistency. Add in your melted butter, and whisk together until fully combined and smooth.
4. Add in both sugars and continue to whisk until fully combined.
5. Next, add in your egg and vanilla extract. Continue whisking for a minute or two.
6. Now it's time for your dry ingredients. Add in your flour, salt, and baking powder. Use your spatula or a large spoon to begin folding in your dry ingredients, moving slowly.
7. Once your batter is about half formed, add in your chopped chocolate. You don't want your chocolate to be too finely chopped but you do want the pieces small enough to disperse evenly throughout the banana bread so that you get chocolate in every bite.
8. Line your loaf pan with parchment paper so that it's just slightly hanging over the sides and dollop your batter in and smooth it out. Thinly slice your remaining banana and gently press the slices across the top of your batter, you can also add any remaining chocolate if you have it!
9. Bake your banana bread for 45 to 50 minutes until lightly brown on the edges. You'll know it's done when the banana bread just slightly jiggles when you shake the pan, but is mostly solid. It's okay for it to look slightly damp in the center but it shouldn't look wet. Note: I recommend checking starting at 40 minutes if it's your first time baking this recipe since every oven varies.
10. Before slicing, allow your banana bread to cool in your pan for at least 30 minutes, I recommend about an hour. Slice and enjoy!
11. Your banana bread will stay fresh if stored in an airtight container (once fully cooled) at room temperature for 3 to 4 days. I recommend only slicing what you plan to eat - this will keep your banana bread from drying out. If you don't think you'll finish your banana bread within a few days or want to save some for another time, you can also slice and individually wrap the pieces and freeze them in a plastic bag or other airtight container. To enjoy from frozen, just allow the frozen slices to defrost in the fridge (or microwave a slice) whenever a craving strikes.