Peanut Butter & Chocolate Chips Banana Bread

This is a combination of recipes for different tastes and types of cooking, and here it is!

• Ready In: 1 hr 20 mins
• Serves: 12

Ingredients

• 1  cup all-purpose flour
• 1  cup whole wheat flour
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt (necessary)
• 1⁄2 cup vegetable shortening
• 1  cup chunky peanut butter
• 3⁄4 cup brown sugar or 3⁄4 cup  Splenda brown sugar blend
• 2  large eggs
• 3  large  ripe bananas, mashed
• 1  teaspoon fresh lemon juice
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1⁄2 cup  dark chocolate chips

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Butter and flour a 9"x5" loaf pan.
3. Sift together first 4 ingredients in a bowl.
4. Combine next 3 ingredients and another bowl and beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
5. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
6. Stir in flour mixture until just combined.
7. Combine bananas with lemon juice, & vanilla extract and fold into batter.
8. Fold chocolate chips into batter, as well.
9. Transfer batter to loaf pan and bake in the middle of the oven.
10. Bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until tester comes out clean.
11. Cool bread in pan on rack 10 minutes and invert onto rack to cool completely.