Ponderosa Banana Chocolate Bread Food

CHOCOLATE BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, bananas, milk and vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; add to the banana mixture and mix just until combined. Fold in nuts if desired. Transfer to a greased 9x5-in. loaf pan., Bake for 60-65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.

CHOCOLATE BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350° F. Grease a 9 x 5 x 3-inch loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray.
• In a medium bowl, combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt. Whisk until there are no more lumps in the cocoa powder and the mixture is well combined. Set aside.
• In a large bowl or electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or beaters, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, incorporating well after each addition. Add the dry ingredients and beat gently until just combined. Add the bananas, sour cream and vanilla and mix on low speed to combine. Fold in the chocolate chips. Do not overmix.
• Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and spread evenly with a spatula. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with a few moist crumbs attached, about 1 hour and 10 minutes. Let the loaf rest in the pan for about 10 minutes, run a blunt knife around the edges to loosen, then turn it out onto a rack to cool completely.
• Note: There are two types of unsweetened cocoa powder: natural (such as Hershey's) and Dutch-processed. Dutch-processed will not work in this recipe.
• Freezer-Friendly Instructions: The bread can be frozen for up to 3 months. After it is completely cooled, wrap it securely in aluminum foil, freezer wrap or place in a freezer bag. Thaw overnight in the refrigerator before serving.

HEALTHY CHOCOLATE BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease and flour a 9×5-inch loaf pan and set aside.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together the yogurt, honey, egg and vanilla.
• Add half the flour mixture into the yogurt mixture and beat on low speed while slowly pouring in half the milk. Turn mixer off, scrap down the sides with a spatula then add remaining flour mixture to the bowl beating on low speed again while slowly pouring in the remaining milk. Batter will be thick. Stir in the mashed bananas until well combined. Fold in the chocolate chips.
• Spread batter evenly into prepared loaf pan. Press more chocolate chips into the top of the batter before baking, if desired. Bake on the middle rack of the oven for about 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean. Let the bread cool in the pan for about 20 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely and serve.

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan with butter or baking spray.
• In a large mixing bowl, mash the bananas until smooth. Stir in the brown sugar, egg, melted butter and vanilla extract.
• In another bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• Add the dry ingredients to the wet banana mixture and mix until combined. Stir in the chocolate chips.
• Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan. Bake for 50 minutes-1 hour or until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. Allow bread to cool before serving.

PONDEROSA BANANA CHOCOLATE BREAD

Steps:

• Cream together butter and sugar with a hand mixer. Add eggs one at a time beating well. Add vanilla and bananas and mix.
• Add all remaining ingredients except for the last 3 for the topping. Mix well.
• In a separate bowl, mix cinnamon and brown sugar together.
• Pour half of the batter into a greased bundt pan. Top with half of the cinnamon sugar mix and half of the chocolate chips.
• Pour remaining half of the batter into the bundt pan and top with the remaining half of the cinnamon sugar mix and the remaining chocolate chips.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour 15 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. Enjoy!

BANANA CHOCOLATE CHIP BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan, preferably glass.
• Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl. Stir bananas, milk, and cinnamon in another bowl. Beat butter and sugar in a third bowl until light and fluffy. Add eggs to butter mixture, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir banana mixture into butter mixture. Stir in dry mixture until blended. Fold in chocolate chips until just combined. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 70 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack before slicing.

BANANA NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease an 8x4x2-inch loaf pan.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine 1 cup of flour with the sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• Add the mashed banana, softened butter, and milk.
• Beat with an electric mixer on low speed till blended, and then on high speed for 2 minutes.
• Add the eggs and remaining flour. Beat until blended.
• Stir in the nuts.
• Pour the batter into the greased loaf pan.
• Bake for 55 to 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• Cool the bread for 10 minutes in the pan.
• Then remove the banana bread from pan, and cool thoroughly on a wire rack.
• Wrap and store overnight before slicing.

VEGAN CHOCOLATE BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Spray a 9×5 loaf pan with non-stick spray and line it with parchment paper so that the parchment paper hangs over the sides, so that when the banana bread is baked, you can easily lift it out of the loaf pan using the parchment paper.
• Sift the flour and cocoa powder into a mixing bowl and then add the white and brown sugar, baking powder and salt and mix together.
• Add the bananas, soy milk and coconut oil to the blender and blend until just smooth.
• Prepare your flax egg by adding 3 Tbsp hot water to 1 Tbsp of ground flaxseed meal in a bowl and leaving for a minute to become gloopy.
• Pour the blended banana mix over the dry ingredients, add the flax egg and mix everything together until properly combined. The batter will be thick.
• Add the vegan chocolate chips and fold in.
• Transfer the batter from the mixing bowl to the loaf pan and smooth down with the back of a spoon.
• Add extra chocolate chips to the top.
• Bake for 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean (melted chocolate is okay but wet batter is not).
• Use the parchment paper to lift the banana bread out of the loaf pan and place onto a wire cooling rack to cool before slicing.

CHOCOLATE BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan with nonstick spray (I recommend Baker's Joy).
• In a large mixing bowl, whisk the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; set aside.
• In a medium bowl, beat together the melted butter and sugars until thick. Stir in the banana, eggs, sour cream and vanilla. Pour into the dry ingredients and gently stir to combine. Fold in 1 cup of the chocolate chips.
• Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan and spread with a rubber spatula. Sprinkle remaining ½ cup chocolate chips evenly over top.
• Bake for 50-60 minutes or until passes toothpick test and done in the middle. Optional: Loosely cover with foil the last 10 minutes of baking to avoid crispy edges.
• Remove from oven and allow to completely cool in loaf pan on wire rack before removing to slice and serve.