Heavenly Banana Bread Pecan Chocolate Chip Recipes

PECAN-CHOCOLATE CHIP BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour a 9-by-5-inch metal loaf pan.
• Whisk the flour, sugar, baking soda, salt and cinnamon together in a large bowl.
• Lightly beat the egg in a medium bowl with a fork or a whisk. Add the banana and mix to combine. Stir in the sour cream, vanilla and melted butter. Stir the sour cream-banana mixture into the flour mixture until just combined. Stir in the chocolate chips and pecans until just combined but with a few lumps still in the batter. Transfer the batter to the prepared pan and smooth out into an even layer.
• Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean, 1 hour, 5 minutes to 1 hour, 10 minutes. Cool in the pan on a rack for 20 minutes. Run a thin knife along the sides of the pan to loosen the bread and unmold it. Serve warm or at room temperature.

HEAVENLY BANANA BREAD PECAN CHOCOLATE CHIP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 ° F
• In a large bowl with a hand held mixer or stand mixer cream together butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add 1 egg at at time and incorporate each egg
• Add whipping cream and vanilla and incorporate
• Fold in mashed bananas into wet ingredients until well incorporated.
• In another bowl add flour, baking powder, baking soda, & cinnamon and whisk together.
• Add the reserved tablespoon of flour to your chocolate chips and stir with a spoon to evenly coat. This helps the chips to not sink to the bottom of your bread when you fold them into the batter.
• Coarsely chop your pecans or nuts of choice.
• Add half of your dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and fold in gently with a spatula until incorporated. Don't over mix as this will toughen the gluten and may give you a tough dry bread.
• Add the remaining dry ingredients and repeat incorporating process.
• Gently fold in your chocolate chips and pecans until well incorporated
• In a buttered and lightly floured loaf pan pour in the batter and smooth out the top evenly with a spatula.
• Place on middle rack in oven and bake for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean from the center. Some moist crumbs are ok as it will continue to bake as it cools. You just don't want wet batter sticking to the toothpick.
• If top gets too brown before your bread is done, you can place a dome of tin foil over the top of your bread as it finishes baking.
• When done remove from oven and place on cooling rack and let cool until you can release from the loaf pan. About half an hour.
• Let completely cool before slicing into the loaf.
• Will keep in fridge up to a week or you can freeze for up to a few months.

PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE CHIP BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Spray a 9x5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
• Whisk whole wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.
• Stir mashed bananas, peanut butter, brown sugar, yogurt, egg, and canola oil thoroughly in a separate bowl.
• Stir the banana mixture into the dry ingredients until thoroughly combined; stir in chocolate chips.
• Spoon batter into the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the loaf is lightly browned at the edges and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes.
• Cool the bread in the pan on a rack for 15 minutes before removing bread to finish cooling on rack. Slice when cool.

CHOCOLATE CHIP PECAN BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F; butter and flour 9x5x2 1/2 inch loaf pan.
• Whisk first four ingredients in bowl to blend, add chocolate chips and pecans.
• Beat butter until fluffy.
• Gradually add sugar, beating well until blended.
• Beat in eggs one at a time.
• Beat in mashed bananas, lemon juice and vanilla.
• Beat in flour mixture.
• Pour into loaf pan, cook 1 hour and 5 minutes.

CAST-IRON CHOCOLATE CHIP BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar until crumbly. Beat in egg, bananas and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into banana mixture. Stir in 1/2 cup chocolate chips., Transfer to a greased 10-in. cast-iron or other ovenproof skillet; sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup chocolate chips. If desired, top with dried banana chips. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 25-30 minutes. Cool in pan on a wire rack.

"HEAVENLY" BANANA CHOCOLATE CHIP NUT LOAF

Steps:

• 1. In a separate bowl, combine thoroughly the first 4 ingredients, set aside.
• 2. Cream shortening & sugar till light & fluffy.
• 3. Add eggs & beat well.
• 4. Combine banana & milk; add to creamed mixture alternately w/flour mixture,(gently beating with mixer or incorporated by hand) just until smooth after each addition.
• 5. Fold in nuts, dried fruit and chocolate chips.
• 6. Turn into a greased and lightly floured 9x5x3 inch loaf pan.
• 7. Bake @ 350 degrees for 45 to 50 minutes. Check the center of the loaf with a toothpick, if it comes out clean, the loaf is done.
• 8. Cool for 1 hour before cutting. Serve plain or buttered. Enjoy!