Ingredients
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup Dutch process cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
3 large brown bananas, mashed (1 ½ cups)
1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled
1/4 cup canola vegetable oil
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1 large egg, at room temperature
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips, divided
Instructions
1-Heat your oven to 350°F: Heat your oven to 350°F. Grease a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.
2-In a medium bowl, whisk together the: In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and sea salt. Set aside.
3-In a large bowl, mash the ripe: In a large bowl, mash the ripe bananas with a fork. Add the melted butter and oil and stir until combined. Stir in the brown sugar, egg, and vanilla extract. Stir until smooth.
4-Stir the dry ingredients into the wet: Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, don’t overmix. Stir in ¾ cup of the chocolate chips.
5-Pour batter into prepared pan: Pour batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle the remaining ¼ cup of chocolate chips over the top of the bread. Bake for 50-65 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the bread comes out mostly clean, you might have some melted chocolate chips on the toothpick and that is fine. You just don’t want a lot of gooey batter. Check at 50 minutes, just to be safe. Oven times vary.
6-Remove the pan from the oven and: Remove the pan from the oven and set on a wire cooling rack. Let the bread cool in the pan for 15 minutes. Run a knife around the edges of the bread and carefully remove from the pan. Let the bread cool on the wire cooling rack until slightly warm. Cut into slices and serve.
7-Note-the bread will keep on the counter,: Note-the bread will keep on the counter, wrapped in plastic wrap, for up to 4 days. This bread also freezes well. To freeze, cool the bread completely and wrap in plastic wrap and aluminum foil. Freeze for up to 1 month. Defrost before slicing.
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Nutrition
- Calories: 311kcal
- Sugar: 25g
- Sodium: 201mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Carbohydrates: 39g
- Fiber: 4g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 25mg
