Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

I rely on my website almost exclusively as the place to store my favorite recipes.  I was somewhat skeptical about moving away from my index card recipe filing system at first but I have to say that I can't imagine doing it any other way now.  It's super convenient to be able to access a recipe in the middle of the grocery store when I need to look up ingredients or when I'm visiting at my parent's house and I want to whip up a batch of biscotti.  Getting 1300 recipes onto my website was a task of gigantic proportions but it was defiantly worth it in the end. 

Nearly all of my recipes are on the website but every once in a while, I have a recipe that slips through the cracks.
Just like this banana bread recipe that I've been making for years.  I'm not sure why in the world I haven't posted this yet but without any further ado - here it is... my favorite banana bread recipe.

Of course, I turned an ordinary banana bread into a sweet, chocolaty decadent banana bread by adding my favorite Ghiradelli dark chocolate chips.  

Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
1 2/3 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
3 medium bananas
2/3 cup sugar
1/3  cup oil
2 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
​1/2 cup dark chocolate chips

​Mash bananas with a fork.

Beat together bananas, sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla.

Add dry ingredients and mix just until blended.

Leave it just like this OR stir in chocolate chips.

Spoon into a greased loaf pan.

Bake 45 minutes at 350.

Cool 20 minutes then remove from pan.

Slice.

I underbaked this loaf slightly because I got in a hurry.  When baked properly, there is no sinking in the middle of the loaf.  It definitely didn't stop us from enjoying the bread - it was still deliciously decadent.  I love banana bread.

Ciao!

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