Chocolate Chip Cinnamon Banana Bread

Chucked full of chocolate, topped with cinnamon sugar and infused with banana. This is a different take on banana bread. Like all quick breads, an easy beginner recipe.

This is sometimes call "Willie Nelson’s Famous Banana Bread" and the first post I find about it is at Everybody Likes Sandwiches . There are some variations but really they are all about the same.
Rating

Humm... Why only a 3? Well, it is a little too sweet and chocolaty to me (old taste buds?). Yep, I know that sounds strange. So I'm at a 3. Not bad but not as expected. I think it would be a 5 for many people and a 4 for most.  If  I would make it again, I would cut the sugar to 1/2 cup and the chips to 3/4 cup. I'll stick to my "Old Fashion Banana Nut Bread" for my "must go" bananas.

Notes: I went with the suggested 1 cup of sugar, not the original 1 1/4 cup. I also decrease the cinnamon sugar topping a little, it just seem too much and it would have been.

Preheat oven to 375. I did not use convection this time.

 In a large mixing bowl, mash together three ripe bananas and 2 eggs.

Add 1 1/2 cups of AP flour, 1 cup sugar, 1 t baking soda, 1 t vanilla, 1 T cinnamon. Mix well and mix in 3/4 cup chocolate chips.

 Mix a topping of 2 T sugar and 1/4 t cinnamon.

 Place in a greased 9 by 9 baking pan.

 Sprinkle with the sugar/cinnamon mix.

 Sprinkle with the remaining 1/4 cup chocolate chips.

Bake at 375 for about 40 minutes.

Chocolate Chip Cinnamon Banana Bread

by DrDan at 101 Cooking for Two August-22-2012

Chucked full of chocolate, topped with cinnamon sugar and infused with banana. This is a different take on banana bread. Like all quick breads, an easy beginner recipe.

Ingredients

• 3 ripe bananas
• 1 1/2 c AP flour
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup plus 2 T white sugar
• 1 T plus 1/4 t cinnamon
• 1 t baking soda
• 1 t vanilla
• 1 c semi sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

1) Preheat oven to 375. I did not use convection this time.2) In a large mixing bowl, mash together three ripe bananas and 2 eggs. 3) Add 1 1/2 cups of AP flour, 1 cup sugar, 1 t baking soda, 1 t vanilla, 1 T cinnamon. Mix well and mix in 3/4 cup chocolate chips.4) Mix a topping of 2 T sugar and 1/4 t cinnamon.5) Place in a greased 9 by 9 baking pan. Sprinkle with the sugar/cinnamon mix. Sprinkle with the remaining 1/4 cup chocolate chips. 6) Bake at 375 for about 40 minutes.

Details

Prep time: 15 mins Cook time: 40 mins Total time: 55 mins Yield: 16 servings

Updated

August 22 2012

DrDan