RECIPE

Chocolate Banana Bread

Name: Chocolate Banana Bread
Ingredients: 2 cups plain all-purpose flour (sifted); 2 tsp baking powder (sifted); Pinch of salt; 2 tsp freshly ground cinnamon; Zest of 1 lemon; 1 cup caster sugar; ½ cup butter (melted); ½ cup milk; 2 large eggs; 6-7 very ripe bananas (peeled); ½ cup walnuts (chopped); ¾ cup dark chocolate chips

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Chocolate Banana Bread

Servings 2 1-pound loaves

Ingredients

2 cups plain all-purpose flour sifted
2 tsp baking powder sifted
Pinch of salt
2 tsp freshly ground cinnamon
Zest of 1 lemon
1 cup caster sugar
½ cup butter melted
½ cup milk
2 large eggs
6-7 very ripe bananas peeled
½ cup walnuts chopped
¾ cup dark chocolate chips

Instructions

Heat oven to 370°F.
Line two x 1-pound loaf tins with baking parchment.
In a large bowl, mix together flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, lemon zest & sugar.
In a jug beat the eggs, melted butter and milk. Mash the bananas and fold all into dry ingredient mix. Then fold in the dark chocolate drops and about 2/3 of the walnut pieces.
Transfer the mixture into the lined tin.
Sprinkle the remaining walnuts on top.
Bake for 30-35 minutes until the bread is golden and springy to the touch.
Leave in the tin for about 10 minutes before turning out on a wire rack to cool.