Banana Bread

By commercecook

This delicious bread can be made with or without chocolate chips and/or walnuts.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips (optional)
• 3/4 cup walnuts, toasted, chopped (optional)
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup mashed ripe bananas
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from epicurious.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour 9x5x2 1/2 inch metal loaf pan. Whisk first four ingredients in medium bowl to blend. Combine chocolate chips and walnuts in small bowl; add 1 tablespoon flour mixture and toss to coat.

Beat butter in a large bowl until fluffy.

Gradually add sugar, beating until well blended. Beat in eggs 1 at a time. Beat in mashed bananas, lemon juice and vanilla extract. Beat in flour mixture. If adding chocolate chips, spoon 1/3 of batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle with half of nut mixture. Spoon 1/3 of batter over. Sprinkle with remaining nut mixture. Cover with remaining batter. Run knife through batter in zigzag pattern.

Bake bread until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 1 hour 5 minutes.
Turn out into rack and cool.