Banana Chocolate Walnut Bread

[suzan]

Banana Chocolate Walnut Cake
Serves 8​

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2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 stick unsalted butter, softened, plus more for the pan
3/4 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 1/4 cups mashed very ripe bananas (about 3 medium)
2/3 cup plain whole-milk yogurt
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped (I used Trader Joe's chocolate chips)
1 cup walnuts, toasted, cooled, and coarsely chopped
1. Preheat oven to 375°F with rack in middle. Butter a loaf pan.

2. Stir together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt.

3. Beat together softened butter (1 stick) and the sugar in a medium bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed until pale and fluffy, then beat in eggs 1 at a time until blended. Beat in bananas, yogurt, and vanilla (mixture will look curdled).

4. With mixer at low speed, add flour mixture and mix until just incorporated. Fold in the chopped nuts and the chocolate. Pour the batter into the cake pan, smoothing the top.

5. Bake until loaf is golden and a wooden pick inserted in center of cake comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Cool loaf in pan on a rack 30 minutes, then turn out onto rack and cool completely.

 

[Samo]

Oh this is great! I JUST got a bread machine in the mail this past week and have been making different loaves ever since! have not tried a banana bread yet, and i have all those ingredients on hand. Will definitely make this tonight!

oh just noticed it's more like a muffin-like recipe. will probably still make, though, since i do have the ingredients teehee. My bananas are at that icky ripe stage lol need to get rid of them fast!

 

[suzan]

Great Samo!!
Take pics and show us how was it