Banana Bread With Chocolate Chips and Walnuts

Submitted by Jason Stevenson

"Bon Appétit, February 2000"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 25mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 9 inch loaf pan

ingredients

• 354.88 ml all-purpose flour
• 4.92 ml baking soda
• 4.92 ml baking powder
• 1.23 ml salt
• 177.44 ml semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 177.44 ml walnuts, toasted and chopped
• 118.29 ml unsalted butter, room temperature
• 236.59 ml sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 236.59 ml banana, mashed
• 29.58 ml fresh lemon juice
• 7.39 ml vanilla extract

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F Butter and flour 9x5x2 1/2-inch metal loaf pan. Whisk first 4 ingredients in medium bowl to blend. Combine chocolate chips and walnuts in small bowl; add 1 tablespoon flour mixture and toss to coat.
2. Beat butter in large bowl until fluffy. Gradually add sugar, beating until well blended. Beat in eggs 1 at a time. Beat in mashed bananas, lemon juice and vanilla extract. Beat in flour mixture. Spoon 1/3 of batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle with half of nut mixture. Spoon 1/3 of batter over. Sprinkle with remaining nut mixture. Cover with remaining batter. Run knife through batter in zigzag pattern.
3. Bake bread until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 1 hour 5 minutes. Turn out onto rack and cool.