Chocolate Walnut Banana Bread Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and grease a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the granulated sugar, molasses, oil, eggs, bananas and vanilla until well combined. Set aside.
• In a small glass measuring cup, stir together the milk and vinegar and set aside.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Stir in the walnuts and chocolate.
• Add about a third of the dry ingredients into the banana mixture and stir gently until almost combined. Add half the milk mixture and stir just to combine. Stir in another third of the dry ingredients followed by the remaining milk mixture and finally the remaining dry ingredients.
• Transfer into the prepared pan and sprinkle with the turbinado sugar.
• Bake for 55 minutes to 1 hour, or until deeply golden brown and a cake tester or skewer inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean. Cool for 20 minutes before turning it out of the pan onto a wire rack to cool to room temperature.

Steps:

• Sift the flour, baking soda and salt into a bowl. Set aside.
• Whisk the eggs and the vanilla together. Set aside.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy (I use a Kitchen Aid stand mixer for this).
• Gradually pour the egg mixture into the butter while mixing until incorporated.
• Add the bananas and stir until incorporated.
• Mix in the flour mixture until just incorporated with a spatula.
• Pour in the walnuts and chocolate chips and gently fold into mixture.
• Place mixture in a paper-line muffin tray and bake for about 20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. (All tray sizes and ovens are different so keep an eye on them).

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour 9x5x2 1/2-inch metal loaf pan. Whisk first 4 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 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. 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 onto rack and cool.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, bananas, milk and vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; add to the banana mixture and mix just until combined. Fold in nuts if desired. Transfer to a greased 9x5-in. loaf pan., Bake for 60-65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan, preferably glass.
• Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl. Stir bananas, milk, and cinnamon in another bowl. Beat butter and sugar in a third bowl until light and fluffy. Add eggs to butter mixture, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir banana mixture into butter mixture. Stir in dry mixture until blended. Fold in chocolate chips until just combined. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 70 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack before slicing.

Steps:

• Hand mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, walnuts, chocolate chips, and vanilla extract in mixing bowl until chocolate chips and walnuts are evenly spread out throughout mixture.
• In another bowl, mash bananas and add to the main mixing bowl.
• Soften the butter (I microwave for 20 seconds) and add to the main mixing bowl.
• Add two whole eggs to main mixing bowl.
• Mix all ingredients together by hand until it has a batter-like consistency.
• Pour into greased loaf pan.
• Let mixture set for at least 20 minutes before baking (Preheat the oven to 325°F).
• Bake at 325°F for 65 minutes (may take longer depending on the oven and altitude).
• When finished baking, it is best to let it set overnight before serving.
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• An optional recipe: Instead of the chocolate chips, use 1 1/2 tsp of cinnamon to make Cinnamon Banana Nut Bread.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease two 9x5 inch loaf pans.
• In a large bowl, cream together margarine, sugar and eggs. Stir in bananas and vanilla. Sift in flour, baking soda and cocoa; mix well. Blend in sour cream and chocolate chips. Pour batter into prepared pans.
• Bake in preheated oven for 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into center of a loaf comes out clean.