It’s been a baking kind of day.  One of my favorite things to do is make tasty treats in my kitchen as I not only enjoy the process I find it to be a big stress reliever in my life.  It’s a bonus that all my kids love my baking too!  Every day after school they ask for a snack of my own creation and by far their favorite is Banana Bread, loaded with Chocolate Chips!

I bake at least one loaf every week, sometimes two (like today) and a few weeks ago I actually made 4 loaves.  Three of them we ate and the fourth went to the neighbor’s house.  They love it too!  So here is my recipe for Banana Banana Bread, enjoy!

Banana Banana Bread

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup butter

3/4 cup brown sugar

2 eggs, beaten

2 1/3 cups mashed overripe bananas

1/2 cup sour cream or yogurt (optional)

1/3 cup Chocolate Chips (optional)

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).  Lightly grease a 9*5 inch loaf pan.
• In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt.  In a separate bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar.
• Stir in eggs, mashed bananas, and (optional) sour cream/yogurt until well blended.
• Stir banana mixture in flour mixture; stir just to moisten.
• Fold in Chocolate Chips (optional)
• Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 65 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean.
• Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.

Enjoy!  Great with butter, or toasted.