Banana Bread Recipe Moist Chocolate Chip

This is the most moist and the BEST chocolate chip banana bread recipe! Just the right mix of tender and dense, this banana bread does NOT skimp on banana flavor or chocolatey goodness.

It definitely has to be packed with banana-y flavor, with a super moist and tender texture, but still have that textbook dense quality to it.

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This recipe is all that and then some! It's enough to make a bakery jealous and super easy to make at home!

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It's pretty easy to make moist banana bread because the mashed bananas in the batter add a ton of softness and help insulate your gorgeous bread from drying out.

Buuuuut even though we have an insurance policy courtesy of the bananas, there are a few other pieces that help make this chocolate chip banana bread out of this world level moist.

• spoon and leveling / weight measured flour. Now this is super important in any recipe, but how you measure flour will impact how tender and moist it is. It's easy to overmeasure when using cups, and that can seriously dry out your banana bread. So always make sure to measure either by weight or (if using cups) by using the spoon and level method.

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• oil. A mix of butter and oil in the batter yields a rich and flavorful banana bread that stays moist for days.

• mixing. This is one of the easiest batters to whip up and barely needs any mixing. It's important to avoid overmixing the batter once you add in your dry ingredients as it can deflate the air and create an overly dense bread!

To have a deep brown crust (it's one of the tastiest parts imo! But watch out for an overbaked banana bread. The best way to tell if banana bread is baked is with a skewer test. The skewer should have a few moist crumbs on it (and maybe some melted chocolate).

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Yes, I already have a classic banana bread recipe (it was the VERY first recipe I shared on Eats Delightful - I'm tearing up.)

Recipe is adapted from my original recipe. Buuuut I didn't want to just share the same recipe with chocolate chips thrown into the batter. So we've made a few tweaks!

1. We're using melted butter instead of softened butter. I kind of wanted to make this a quicker version - so no waiting around for butter to soften and no creaming together butter and sugar.

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2. We're bringing oil into the mix. Because without creaming together butter and sugar, we're going to have less air incorporated. I didn't want to lose that signature banana bread fluff and texture, and oil helps achieve it!

3. This recipe has slightly more sugar. The chocolate chips can bring on some bitterness, so the added sugar balances everything out.

I'm the kind of person who always has ripe bananas when I don't need them and DON'T have them when I do.

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1. Pop the bananas in a closed paper bag. This will ripen them within 1 to 2 days. It's important to use a

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2. Bake the bananas at 300°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and arrange unpeeled bananas (leaving at least 2 inches of space between each one), and bake. Check on the bananas every 15 to 20 minutes. They're ready once the peels turn black and the inside is

3. Microwave. Poke holes alllllll over the bananas, place on a plate, and microwave on high in 30 second intervals or until soft. Check on them after every 30 seconds. Cool completely before using! Microwaved bananas won't develop as much sweetness so you may notice your bread is in need of sugar. Just for that reason, I'd recommend using one of the top 2 options - even if they are a bit more time intensive.

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Keep your banana bread stored in an airtight container or a plastic bag. Avoid slicing your bread until you actually want to serve it to help keep in moisture!

To freeze, wrap your unsliced loaf in a layer of plastic wrap followed by a layer of aluminum foil to prevent freezer burn. If you've taken some slices out of the loaf, you can still freeze it - but try to keep it whole and avoid freezing it in slices. Freeze for up to 3 months.

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Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.This chocolate chipbanana bread is full of chocolate chips, flavorful, sweet, and super moist. In other words, it's the best from-scratch banana bread recipe you will ever find! The best thing to go with your morning cup of coffee or tea, made in one bowl.

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I like a slice of banana bread to snack on throughout the day, pop into Greyson's school lunch box, eat it with breakfast sometimes, grab a slice for a midnight snack. I mean, who doesn't love banana bread? It's so sweet, easy to make, and just really tasty!

Emphasis on the moist, even though a ton of people hate that word. But how else do you describe something so good? It's so soft and delicious that it just seems wrong to even call it bread.

And just like my famous pumpkin bread, where my husband's coworkers would snatch up whole loaves for themselves, this banana bread is known to disappear just as quickly!

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So don't throw out those super brown bananas, you're about to make the most heavenly banana bread ever, in just one bowl with one spatula/wooden spoon.

Making banana bread is much easier than most people would believe. It's all done in one bowl with really simple ingredients, and the results are perfect loaves every time. Here are some tips on ensuring you make phenomenal banana bread:

To ensure you have seriously moist banana bread, you need really overripe bananas. The ones that the kids look at and won't eat because they're not super yellow anymore (*cue eye roll*) but you know they're still edible and you don't want to waste them? Use those. They're super sweet and add a ton of moisture to anything you add them to, so they're perfect for banana bread.

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Pro tip: if you end up only having 2 bananas to use, replace the missing banana with applesauce! Applesauce will not only give the moisture and sweetness in lieu of the missing banana but can be used in place of some of the butter too if you are low on butter!

For this recipe, all you need is one bowl, a hand mixer or whisk, and a wooden spoon or a spatula. Three tools that everyone has in the kitchen, right? The hand mixer is needed to cream the butter and brown sugar together.

Creaming the butter and sugar together makes the crumb of the banana bread light and fluffy, so you won't have to worry about it being dense and heavy. The brown sugar also adds a deeper flavor than granulated sugar, since it has molasses in it, makes the bread softer, and it adds more moisture. We want this banana bread deeply moisturized, y'all.

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After that, you need a 9x5 loaf pan to bake in. I don't suggest a glass or dark metal pan, because they tend to make the sugars caramelize faster in the oven and that can cause them to burn while the bread bakes. I really like light metal or oven-safe ceramic loaf pans for this reason.

To make the bread: Cream the butter and sugar well, for about three to five minutes, then mash the bananas (you can make them as smooth or as chunky as you like), add those and the egg in, then mix in the dry ingredients well. Simple, right?

Then the best part: the chocolate chips. I used mini chocolate chips because they disperse so well and you get perfect little bits of chocolate literally all around the banana bread.

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I went a little crazy with the chocolate chips in the recipe, there's over an

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