Bread Recipes
Chocolate Chunk Banana Bread
Yield: 1 loaf, or 15 muffins
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
- 2 large eggs
- 2 1/2 cups + 2 tablespoons cake flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1 cup mashed ripe banana ( about 2 1/2 bananas)
- 1/3 cup strong coffee, cold
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chunks or large chips
- 2 to 3 tablespoons dark or spiced rum
- Confectioners' sugar for dusting
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease bottom of 9 x 5 x 3 inch loaf pan, line it with wax paper, and grease and flour the bottom and sides.
- Beat sugar and butter in large bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy.
- And eggs, one at a time, beating until light.
- Stir together flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and allspice.
- Combine the banana, coffee, and vanilla extract.
- With mixer on lowest setting add dry ingredients alternately with banana mixture in three parts until just incorporated.
- Use rubber spatula to fold in chocolate.
- Spoon batter into prepared pan and bake for 55 to 60 minutes (25 to 30 minutes for muffins), or until wooden skewer inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a rack.
- Remove wax paper and drizzle bottom with a little rum. Turn it right side up and drizzle top with rum; cool completely.
- Before slicing, sprinkle top of loaf with confectioners' sugar.