Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

At our house, we always seem to have bananas at various stages of ripeness.  It's just one of those things that comes along with having a toddler.  Green, yellow, spotted, black...we've got them all, all the time.  A benefit to this is that we can have banana bread whenever the mood strikes.  I actually know the recipe by heart, since lately we always have super ripe bananas around...

I do want to write it out here though, so I know where to find it in case Mommy brain strikes and I need my fix!

Jack enjoying the results...

Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

2 cups AP flour

3/4 cups sugar

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup canola oil

2 large eggs

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

3 very ripe bananas, mashed

1 cup chocolate chips

Brown sugar (optional)

Pre-heat oven to 350. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Add the oil, eggs, vanilla and bananas. Combine with a spoon. Stir in chocolate chips. Pour into loaf pan that has been greased with cooking spray. Sprinkle top with brown sugar if you want a sweet and crispy topping.

Cover loosely with a tent of foil.  Bake for 30 minutes. Remove the foil and bake for an additional 40 minutes or until a tester comes out clean.

YUM!