Chocolate Chip Banana-Nut Bread

A few weeks ago, I wanted to make Chocolate Chip Banana-Nut Bread. I couldn't find a recipe for it anywhere. So...I created my own :)

Chocolate Chip Banana-Nut Bread

2 cups flour
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
4 over-ripe bananas
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/3 cup chopped, toasted pecans
1/3 cup chopped, toasted walnuts
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Mix first 4 ingredients together in a medium bowl.
3. In a large bowl cream together eggs and sugar. Stir in mashed bananas, cinnamon, vanilla, and vegetable oil.
4. Stir in one-third of the flour mixture. Stir in another third of the flour mixture. Before you add the last third of the flour mixture, stir the nuts and chocolate chips into it (coating the nuts and chocolate with the last bit of flour prevents them from sinking to the bottom of the pan during baking). Stir the flour, chocalate chips, and nuts into mixture until just combined. Pour evenly into two 9x5 loaf pans. Bake for about 40-50 minutes.

I love warm banana-nut bread, but I found that this bread is especially tasty after it sits for a day or two (or three if it lasts that long!). To preserve the moistness of any quickbread I make, I always underbake it by 2 or 3 minutes and let it sit in the loaf pan for 30 minutes before I put it on a cooling rack. After the bread cools completely, I cover it in plastic wrap and then wrap it again in aluminum foil.

There you have it - Chocolate Chip Banana-Nut Bread!