Copycat Bill's Chocolate Banana Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• 250 g plain all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 125 g unsalted butter, softened
• 250 g caster sugar (superfine)
• 4 ripe bananas, mashed
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 175 g good-quality dark chocolate chips or 175 g milk chocolate chips

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 180°c (350°f/gas 4).
• 2 sift the flour and baking powder.
• 3 into a.
• 4 large bowl.
• 5 mix the butter, sugar, banana, eggs, vanilla extract and chocolate chips in a separate bowl.
• 6 add the dry ingredients and stir to combine, being careful not to overmix.
• 7 pour the batter into a non-stick, or lightly greased and floured, 19 x 11 cm (71/2 x 41/2 inch) loaf tin and bake for 1 hour 15 minutes, or until the bread is cooked when tested with a skewer.
• 8 leave to cool in the tin for 5 minutes before turning out a wire rack to cool.
• 9 serve in thick slices with butter.