Double Chocolate Banana Bread – Del’s cooking twist

This double chocolate banana bread is completely moist, tender, and loaded with wealthy chocolate flavors. Simple to make, it’s a real chocolate lovers’ dream!

I consider banana bread is the last word fundamental baking recipe. Simple to make with only a few overripe bananas, it’s excellent for breakfast, snack, and dessert. For those who’re new to this website, it’s possible you’ll need to begin with my Award Successful Banana Bread, a 5-star recipe with a superbly moist and tender crumb everybody has been raving about for a decade.

Now as a real chocolate lover, I spent years looking for a chocolate model that will match this degree of perfection. Blissful to report that this double chocolate banana bread ticks all of the containers. Loaded with wealthy and fudgy chocolate flavors, it’s candy however not overly candy and incorporates a completely moist and tender crumb, that may remind you of this Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread. Attempt it too, and let me understand how you prefer it!

Key elements to make double chocolate banana bread

The elements listed under are key to create a wealthy and chocolaty banana bread with the proper texture. Head over to the recipe card additional under for the complete record of elements with portions.

• Overripe bananas. The riper the bananas are, the sweetened the banana bread will probably be. Mash them with a fork earlier than utilizing.
• Unsweetened cocoa powder. For intense chocolate flavors. Be sure to use “unsweetened” cocoa powder for greatest outcomes.
• Chocolate chips. I like to recommend common dimension semi-sweet or darkish chocolate flavors. The mix of the unsweetened cocoa powder and chocolate chips ensures a wealthy, chocolate taste to the banana bread.
• Vegetable oil. Canola oil or sunflower oil allows a lightweight and moist crumb.
• Greek yogurt. It provides moisture. For greatest outcomes, use plain, full-fat yogurt. Alternatively, you should use vanilla-flavored Greek yogurt, and skip the vanilla within the recipe.

The recipe additionally requires different fundamental elements corresponding to flour, baking soda, salt, sugar and vanilla that present construction and taste to this double chocolate banana bread.

A straightforward 3 step recipe

• Begin by mixing all of the dry elements collectively.
• In a separate bowl, beat the eggs with each sugars, add the mashed bananas, and slowly add the opposite moist elements (vegetable oil, Greek yogurt and vanilla).
• Add the dry elements to the moist elements and blend till mixed. Pour into the ready loaf pan and bake!

Can I flip this double chocolate banana bread into muffins?

Sure, you possibly can! Merely pour the batter right into a muffin pan lined with muffin liners, and fill as much as ¾ full. Sprinkle additional chocolate chips within the oven and bake, adjusting the baking time accordingly. The muffins are normally prepared round 25 minutes baking, or till a toothpick inserted within the heart comes out clear. Let cool within the muffin pan for 10 minutes earlier than eradicating the double chocolate banana muffins.

Storing directions

This double chocolate banana bread retains effectively, coated and at room temperature, for a few days. After this, switch to the fridge for as much as 5 days. It’s also possible to freeze baked chocolate banana bread, as soon as fully cooled and tightly wrapped in plastic movie, for about 3 months. Thaw at room temperature, ideally in a single day. I additionally wish to freeze particular person slices, so I can indulge a slice of this banana bread to fulfill my chocolate cravings every time I need.

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• Writer: Delphine Fortin
• Prep Time: 15 minutes
• Cook dinner Time: 50 minutes
• Complete Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
• Yield: 8 servings 1x
• Class: Desserts
• Delicacies: American

This double chocolate banana bread is completely moist, tender, and loaded with wealthy chocolate flavors. Simple to make, it’s a real chocolate lovers’ dream!

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1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C), and grease a 9×5 (23×13 cm) loaf pan. Put aside.
2. In a medium bowl, combine collectively the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Combine within the chocolate chips and put aside.
3. Utilizing a hand mixer or a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat the eggs and sugars on medium-high velocity, till pale and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add the mashed bananas, vegetable oil, Greek yogurt, and vanilla, and beat on low till mixed.
4. Add the dry elements to the moist elements and stir with a rubber spatula till mixed.
5. Pour the batter into the ready loaf pan, and sprinkle the additional chocolate chips on prime.
6. Bake for 50-55 minutes, or till a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clear. If essential, cowl with foil to stop the highest from getting too brown, after 30-40 minutes baking. Take away from the oven and let cool for about 10 minutes within the loaf pan, earlier than transferring to a cooling rack to chill fully.

Notes

* For greatest outcomes, use full-fat plain yogurt relatively than low-fat.

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