5.0 from 12 votes
Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
This easy banana bread recipe with chocolate chips and walnuts makes 3 loaves. Great for a large group and it freezes well too.
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
1 hr 20 mins
Servings: 24
Calories: 21411 kcal
Course:
Breakfast , Snacks
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 4 eggs
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 2 cups overripe bananas mashed
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 tablespoons vanilla
- 2 ½ cups all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup miniature chocolate chips
- 1 teaspoon flour
- 1 cup walnuts toasted
For topping:
- ¼ cup miniature chocolate chips
- ¼ cup chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Prepare three 8 ½ x 4 ½ inch loaf pans. Spray with vegetable spray. Cut a piece of parchment paper to fit the bottom of the loaf pan and lay it in.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine 4 eggs and 1 ½ cups sugar. Blend at medium speed for about 5 minutes until thick and light-colored. Add 2 cups overripe bananas, 1 cup buttermilk and 2 tablespoons vanilla and blend until combined.
- In a small bowl combine 2 ½ cups all purpose flour, 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1 teaspoon baking soda and 1 teaspoon salt. Stir to distribute ingredients.
- Add flour to wet ingredients in three additions, being careful not to over mix the batter.
- In the same bowl you used for the flour mixture, combine 1 cup miniature chocolate chips with 1 teaspoon flour and mix with your fingers until chocolate chips are dusted with flour. Stir the chips and 1 cup walnuts into the batter.
- Divide the batter evenly between the three prepared loaf pans. Divide ¼ cup miniature chocolate chips and ¼ cup chopped walnuts and sprinkle them over each loaf.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes, until golden brown and cake tester comes out clean.
- Divide the remaining chocolate chips and walnuts over the top of the three loaves.
- Cool on a rack for 20 minutes, then turn out the bread -- removing the parchment paper. Serve.
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Notes
- Banana bread freezes well. Wrap it in saran wrap, then in freezer paper. Keeps up to two months in the freezer, but if your family knows it's there -- it won't last.
Nutrition Information
Calories
214.11kcal
(11%)
Carbohydrates
33.45g
(11%)
Protein
4.11g
(8%)
Fat
7.4g
(11%)
Saturated Fat
2.18g
(11%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
3.1g
Monounsaturated Fat
0.91g
Trans Fat
0.02g
Cholesterol
29.79mg
(10%)
Sodium
257.59mg
(11%)
Potassium
111.3mg
(3%)
Fiber
1.34g
(5%)
Sugar
20.71g
(41%)
Vitamin A
86.32IU
(2%)
Vitamin C
1.22mg
(1%)
Calcium
83.62mg
(8%)
Iron
1.16mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 24Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 21411
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 214.11kcal | 11% |
| Carbohydrates | 33.45g | 11% |
| Protein | 4.11g | 8% |
| Fat | 7.4g | 11% |
| Saturated Fat | 2.18g | 11% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 3.1g | 18% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 0.91g | 5% |
| Trans Fat | 0.02g | 1% |
| Cholesterol | 29.79mg | 10% |
| Sodium | 257.59mg | 11% |
| Potassium | 111.3mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 1.34g | 5% |
| Sugar | 20.71g | 41% |
| Vitamin A | 86.32IU | 2% |
| Vitamin C | 1.22mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 83.62mg | 8% |
| Iron | 1.16mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.