Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

This recipe is from the Silver Palate Cookbook.  This book was recommended by so many people, when I first started cooking a number of years ago, as a must-have.  I have NEVER been disappointed with a recipe I have tried and go to it first when planning a menu.  This Banana Bread recipe is one of my favorites.  It uses a mix of all-purpose and whole wheat flour which gives it great flavor.  The recipe calls for walnuts but I think the chocolate chips add so much more. 

Banana Bread

from the Silver Palate Cookbook

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 cup whole wheat flour

1 tsp of baking soda

1/2 tsp of kosher salt

3/4 cup of chocolate chips

1 stick of unsalted butter, at room tempature

3/4 cup of sugar

2 eggs, at room tempature

1 tsp of vanilla extract

3 ripe bananas, mashed *

Whisk the flours, baking soda, salt, and chocolate chips together in a small bowl.  In a large bowl, beat the sugar and butter together until light and fluffy.  Then add one egg at a time, combine well before adding the next.  Add the vanilla extract and bananas.  Mix in the flour mixture slowly.  Pour into either a large loaf pan or 8"x8" pan, greased.  Bake at 350degrees for 50-60 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.  Enjoy!

*When bananas in my house get too ripe, I peel them and toss them into the freezer in a ziploc bag.  When I want to make this bread I simply pull out the number I need.  Once they are thawed I am ready to go!