Chocolate Chip Banana Bread with Walnuts tastes like a warm hug feels. The melted chocolate chips and mashed banana make for a super moist, sweet bread, while the chopped walnuts add just the right amount of texture and nuttiness. When life gives you brown bananas, make banana bread!
Mash the ripened bananas then add wet ingredients - First, in a large mixing bowl, mash the over-ripened bananas. Then, using a spatula, fold in the melted butter, vanilla, sugar, and cinnamon. Add in the egg and mix until homogeneous.
2 over-ripened bananas, 1 tablespoon vanilla extract, 4 tablespoon butter, 1 egg, 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, ½ cup granulated sugar, ¼ cup brown sugar
Mix dry ingredients then add to wet ingredients - In separate mixing bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt until well-mixed. Fold the flour mixture into the wet ingredients until just mixed. Then, fold in the chocolate chips and walnuts.
1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon baking soda, ½ teaspoon baking powder, 1 ½ cup all-purpose flour, ½ cup chocolate chips, ½ cup walnuts
Make the Cinnamon Sugar Mixture - In a small mixing bowl, mix ½ teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon, ½ tablespoon granulated sugar, and ½ tablespoon brown sugar until well-mixed. Set aside.
½ teaspoon salt, ½ tablespoon granulated sugar, ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon, ½ tablespoon brown sugar
Pour the batter into baking pan - Pour batter into a greased baking pan and smooth with a spatula. Press the sliced bananas flat side up into the batter. Dust the top of the batter and bananas with the cinnamon sugar.
1 ripened banana
Bake then allow to cool before serving - Place in the oven and bake for 50 minutes. Remove from oven and cool for 10-15 minutes. Using a butter knife, cut around the perimeter of the loaf to separate the bread from the pan. Turn the pan upside down onto a plate. Turn the loaf right-side up and slice.
Notes
Storage
Store the banana chocolate chip bread in an air-tight container or place banana bread back in loaf pan with foil over the top. Keep in a cool, dry place for up to 5-7 days.
Top Tip
If you are unsure whether the banana bread is completely baked, pierce the loaf with a knife then take out the knife. If the knife has any batter or ingredients stuck to it, the bread needs to continue baking.