WITH CHOCOLATE CHUNKS & DECADENT ICING
During the pandemic, banana bread had its moment. It’s quick and easy, but it can be a little ho-hum. This recipe, I promise you, is anything but boring. It has nice chunks of chocolate, it’s rich and moist, AND it has a swirl of gooey icing to take it over the top. I got this recipe from my friend Anita, whose mom Janet makes it best. My version is almost as good. Here is the Best Chocolate Banana Bread Recipe Ever…
BEST CHOCOLATE BANANA BREAD
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 1/2 hours
Serving Size: 6-8
INGREDIENTS
1 1/4 cups sugar (I use half applesauce to cut back on sugar and add moistness)
1/2 cup butter
2 eggs
1/2 cup of sour cream
1 cup (heaping) of mashed bananas
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup good milk chocolate chips (I prefer Guittard)
1 cup of powdered sugar
2 tsp of milk
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350-degrees. Grease and flour one 9 x 5″ loaf pan. Put parchment paper on the bottom and grease it, too.
Cream sugar and butter; add eggs, sour cream, bananas and vanilla.
Sift together flour, salt and baking soda. Add them to the creamed sugar mixture. Mix well. Stir in the chocolate chips.
Bake for one-hour or until a toothpick comes out clean when poked into the center. In the meantime, mix the powdered sugar with the milk and a dash of vanilla.
When the bread is done, glaze it with the icing. Enjoy!
FINAL THOUGHTS
So, if chocolate is your thing (it is certainly mine, if you haven’t guessed), then be sure to check out our recipes for the Best Chocolate Cake Recipe Ever or our Chocolate Caramel Tart, which was adapted from a Giada De Laurentis recipe and is AMAZING. Cheers.
This recipe is initially from Marilyn Lawrence and was adapted by Janet Lauer and Anita Santoro.
