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Banana bread with chocolate chips and walnuts

Published Aug 3, 2016 By Julia 7 CommentsThis post may contain affiliate links.

Summary:
Here’s an easy and healthy recipe for banana bread with chocolate chips and walnuts! This banana bread is wonderfully moist on the inside and has a nice crunchy golden crust on the outside.
Banana bread with chocolate chips and walnuts

Banana bread with chocolate chips and walnuts

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Prep: 15 mins
Cook: 1 hr 15 mins
Yield: 8 servings

INGREDIENTS

  • 3 ripe bananas mashed
  • 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips 1/2 cup mixed in, 1/4 cup sprinkled on top
  • 3/4 cup walnuts roughly chopped (1/2 cup mixed in, 1/4 cup sprinkled on top)
  • 2 eggs beaten
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1.5 cups white sugar
  • 3/4 cup canola oil
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt

INSTRUCTIONS

  • Mix flour, baking soda, and salt in a mixing bowl.
  • Mix canola oil, sugar, and eggs in a separate mixing bowl.
  • Combine the dry ingredients in Step 1 with the wet ingredients in Step 2. Mix well.
  • Add bananas and stir until the dry ingredients are moist. Depending on how ripe your bananas are, you may need a hand mixer to help out.
  • Add 1/2 cup chocolate chips and 1/2 cup walnuts, gently folding them in.
  • Preheat the oven to 325 F.
  • Pour the mixture into a greased 9×5 inch loaf pan. Sprinkle 1/4 cup chocolate chips and 1/4 cup walnuts on top.
  • Bake until the top is browned and a toothpick tester comes out clean in the center, about 75 minutes. Let cool. Run a knife around the inside of the pan to release the banana bread.
Banana bread with chocolate chips and walnuts

It’s always a big treat for Mr. Savory Tooth when I make sweet dishes! Last time I made dessert was more than 2 months ago. It’s rare that I make desserts, since I’m almost always making savory dishes. One of Mr. Savory Tooth’s favorite desserts is banana bread, which I also really love to eat. Yesterday, I surprised him by making banana bread (he thought he was coming home to a savory dinner involving potatoes) and it was a look of pure delight on his face when he saw the banana bread siting in its loaf pan. It almost makes me feel bad that I don’t make desserts more often!

Banana bread with chocolate chips and walnuts
Banana bread with chocolate chips and walnuts

Banana bread is one of those recipes that is so EASY to make at home. Ever since I made it for the first time, I haven’t ever eaten store-bought banana bread because it’s so easy and fun to make at home. And it makes my place smell delicious.

This particular recipe is a family recipe from my cousin’s mother-in-law. It was one of those old family recipes printed on really old yellowed paper with coffee stains all over it. I love those kinds of recipes. ? I’ve tweaked the original recipe a bit, and also added walnuts (Mr. Savory Tooth’s suggestion from a previous time when I made it without walnuts, to his horror) and chocolate chips (yum!). There are so many other delicious things that you can add to banana bread such as lemon zest, cinnamon, blueberry, nutella — but I try to keep these extra flavors to a minimum so that the banana flavor can really stand out and shine.

My favorite part of the dish? The TEXTURE! I love the top crust; it’s all so crispy and crunchy. And then the inside of the banana bread is very moist and just perfect.

TIP: Making banana bread is easiest when you use bananas that are REALLY RIPE. If yours aren’t that ripe, don’t despair — use a hand mixer to help you mash up the bananas with the other ingredients.

Banana bread with chocolate chips and walnuts
Banana bread with chocolate chips and walnuts

Filed Under: Vintage Tagged With: banana, chocolate, walnuts

About Julia

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Julia is a recipe developer and the founder of Savory Tooth. Since 2015, she has been sharing simple recipes for tasty dishes, mostly low carb and gluten free. Learn more.

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Jo Butler

This is now my go to Banana Bread recipe! Made it countless times & delicious everytime. Only thing that differs for me is bake time- closer to around 90 mins for me. Thanks for this amazing recipe!

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2 years ago
Peachy

Hi, Julia?… 3bananas is equal to how many grams?… i just wanna be sure since we do have many banana varieties here in our country… thanks!

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5 years ago
Julia

Each banana is about 120 grams, so 3 bananas = 360 grams.

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5 years ago
Fernando

Hi Julia. May I sub flour for oat flour?
Thanks for all those amazing recipes
Happy Holidays

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6 years ago
Julia

Hi Fernando! Happy holidays to you as well. Unfortunately, you can’t sub with oat flour for this recipe.

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6 years ago
Jessica Ferrante

OMG, thanks for the recipe. Made this yesterday, delicious!!!! Love the crunchy nuts and chocolate. My husband just commented “This is the best banana nut bread you’ve made!!!”

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6 years ago
Mike

Excellent and turns out just as described. Deadly rich.

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6 years ago

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