Banana Bread With Chocolate And Crystallized Ginger Food

BANANA BREAD WITH CHOCOLATE AND CRYSTALLIZED GINGER

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease or spray a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan (see Note).
• In a small bowl, mix together the flour, salt, and baking soda. Mix in the chocolate and the ginger.
• In a large bowl with an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then add the vanilla. Blend in the mashed bananas and sour cream.
• Switch to a wooden spoon and add the flour mixture in batches to the batter, mixing just until each addition is incorporated. At the end the batter should be barely blended (it will be thick). Pour the mixture into the loaf pan. Bake until a toothpick or wooden skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean, about 45 minutes (see Note). Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then turn the loaf out of the pan and finishing cooling the bread upright on the wire rack.

GINGER AND CHOCOLATE CHIP BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• Melt the butter in a small saucepan. Beat the eggs in a small bowl.
• Mash the bananas with a fork in a large bowl. Stir in the melted butter, eggs, brown sugar and vanilla with a wooden spoon until the mixture is smooth and evenly combined. Stir in the flour, baking soda, ginger and kosher salt until combined. Stir in the chocolate chips and candied ginger, if using.
• Pour the batter into the greased loaf pan and bake until the bread rises, the top is golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 hour.
• Remove the bread from the loaf pan, invert onto a wire rack and cool completely to room temperature before slicing and serving.