The “This is the Best Banana Bread I’ve Ever Had” Banana Bread Recipe

I want to preface this post by telling you that my boyfriend and I jokingly think that the reason we work so well is because we like the same kind of pizza (Hawaiian, preferably from Papa John’s with extra sides of garlic sauce), and because I like bananas while they’re still slightly green and spot-free then he takes them over when they start to get brown and spotty.

But, due to frequent long term travel for his job, the majority of the bananas around here don’t get eaten after those first few, precious, bruiseless days. So, what to do with all those useless bananas? Make banana bread of course! And by banana bread I mean chocolate chip bread with a taste of banana. 

In reference to the title of this post, I tend to bring the bread into work (because no female living alone needs loaves of banana bread hanging around). The first time, a guy in my department, who is rather hard to please, could be heard from his cubicle muttering, “Oh my god. This is the best banana bread I’ve ever had!” So, I’ll let him toot my horn for me 😉

Anyways, enough of my banana babble, let’s get baking!

What you need:

  

  • 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup + 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 4-5 very ripe bananas (depending on size), mashed
  • 2 tablespoons sour cream (I know, this sounds super weird, but it is really the secret winning ingredient here)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2/3 cup chocolate chips (Please, please, please don’t even dare ruining this bread with walnuts. But, I can’t see you, so do as you must I suppose)

What to do: 

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a loaf pan with cooking spray.
  2. In a medium size bowl, mix together flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Set aside.   
  3. In a large bowl, whisk together sugar and eggs until they are light and fluffy – about 2 or 3 minutes.
  4. Drizzle in the oil and continue mixing.   
  5. Add mashed bananas, sour cream and vanilla extract, continue mixing.  
  6. Fold the dry ingredients into the sugar/banana mixture and combine thoroughly. Add chocolate chips and mix.
  7. Pour into the greased loaf pan.   
  8. Bake for at least one hour, based on your oven (I usually end up baking for about an hour 15 min). 
  9. Let cool, cut and serve!   

Now, I’m off to eat my third piece (unless my boyfriend finished the loaf in the time it took me to write this post). 

Happy Baking!

Lindsay

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