Recipe: Delicious Double Chocolate Banana Bread

Double Chocolate Banana Bread.

You can cook Double Chocolate Banana Bread using 11 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Double Chocolate Banana Bread

1. Prepare 3 medium of to Large very ripe bananas.
2. Prepare 1/2 cup of Butter, melted.
3. You need 3/4 cup of Brown sugar.
4. Prepare 1 large of Egg.
5. You need 1 tsp of Pure Vanilla Extract.
6. Prepare 1 tsp of Baking soda.
7. You need 1/4 tsp of Table salt.
8. Prepare 1/2 tsp of Ground cinnamon (optional).
9. Prepare 1 cup of all-purpose flour.
10. You need 1/2 cup of Dutch-process cocoa powder.
11. It's 1 cup of Semi sweet or bitter sweet chocolate chunks or chips.

Double Chocolate Banana Bread instructions

1. Heat your oven to 350°F. Butter a 9 by 5-inch loaf pan, or spray it with a nonstick baking spray..
2. Mash bananas in the bottom of a large bowl. (You’ll have a little over 1 cup mashed banana total.) Whisk in melted butter, then brown sugar, egg, and vanilla. Place baking soda, salt, cinnamon (if using), flour and cocoa powder in a sifter or fine-mesh strainer and sift over wet ingredients. (My cocoa is almost always lumpy, so this is essential for me.) Stir dry and wet ingredients with a spoon until just combined. Stir in chocolate chunks or chips..
3. Pour into prepared pan and bake 55 to 65 minutes, until a tester or toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out batter-free. (A melted chocolate chip smear is expected, however.) Cool in pan for 10 to 15 minutes, then run a knife around the edge and invert it out onto a cooling rack. Serve warm or at room temperature. The banana bread will keep for up to 4 days at room temperature. I keep mine wrapped in foil. It goes without saying that it has never actually lasted that long..