Chocolate Pecan Banana Bread
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This moist chocolate chip pecan banana bread is one of my all-time favorite recipes. It helps me use up any bananas that have seen better days, and it’s also something I’ll eat for breakfast, dessert, or just a quick snack in the middle of the day! I love my regular chocolate chip banana bread, but I often find I want a little crunch and nutty flavor
There are also so many substitutions you can do with this bread. Check out my berry or cinnamon raisin banana bread
🍴 Serves 12 │⏱ Prep Time: 15 Minutes │⏱ Bake Time: 35 minutes│⏱ Total Time: 50 Minutes
Ingredients
3 Ripe Bananas
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
2 tablespoons milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups flour
2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup pecans
Equipment
mixing bowl (2) or stand mixer
whisk or stand mixer
measuring cups
spatula
Bread pans (2) (9x5x3)
Directions
Preheat oven to 350° F.
In a small mixing bowl, combine 1/4 cup brown sugar, 2 cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, and 1/4 teaspoon salt.
In a separate, larger mixing bowl or stand mixer, mix together 1/4 cup butter and 1/4 cup sugar
Add in two eggs, 2 tablespoons milk, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla to the butter and sugar mix and mix together
Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients
In your now empty dry ingredients bowl, mash 3 ripened bananas
Add the bananas to the mixer and mix until combined
Fold in 1/2 cup chocolate chips and 1/2 cup pecans
Pour into bread pans
Optional - add additional chocolate chips on top of the poured mixture
Bake for 35 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Allow to cool, then slice & enjoy!
Notes
Chocolate not your thing? Swap the chocolate chips for even amounts of fresh berries! Blueberry banana bread is my all-time favorite substitution for this recipe, but a mixed berry bread is also quite delicious! There are a million and one ways to bake a loaf of banana bread. The trick is to sub equal amounts of anything you want to include!
You may need to alter your bake time depending on your oven; when I moved into my house and started using a gas oven for the first time, I had to re-work all of my recipes! Don’t get discouraged.
