Pumpkin Banana Chocolate Chip Bread

Submitted by Sky Valley Cook

"A good quick bread to make during the fall/winter holiday season. From Land O Lakes Recipe Collection."

 

• Ready In: 55mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 1 Loaf

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed
• 3⁄4 cup butter, softened
• 3 eggs, beaten
• 1 cup pumpkin, cooked or canned
• 2 ripe bananas, mashed
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, miniature or canned

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. In large bowl combine brown sugar, butter, and eggs. Mix until mixture is light and fluffy, approximately 1 to 2 minutes.
3. Add pumpkin and bananas, mix well, approximately 1 to 2 minutes.
4. Add remaining ingredients, except chocolate chips,mix until just moistened, approximately 1 minute.
5. Stir in chocolate chips.
6. Pour into 4 greased 5 1/2 x 3 inch mini loaf pans.
7. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes or until knife inserted comes out clean.
8. Cool five minutes and remove from pans.
9. * 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon ginger, 1/4 teaspoon each of nutmeg and cloves can be substituted for 1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice.
10. Tip: One greased 9x5 loaf pan can be substituted for mini loaf pans. Increase baking time to 65 to 75 minutes.

Reviews

[mommymakeit4u]

At the last second I realized I didn't have bananas, so I substituted 3/4 cup apple sauce and it turn out wonderful.

 

[lolablitz]

Fantastic recipe! I added 5 chocolate chips because someone got into my stash... next time I will add many more. I made pumpkin butter to go with by microwaving the rest of the can of pumpkin with a swirl of molasses and honey, dash of cinnamon and half a lime. Nom Nom!

 

[TwoManyDogs]

Yum! This was delicious! For ingredients, I followed the recipe mostly. I used 1/2 c butter & 1 c sugar and that worked out fine. I also added some hemp & nuts for texture. (It's a house rule that any thing banana-bread like includes nuts.) For baking, I used a 9x13 glass pan for 50 minutes. 50 minutes was a little long (will try 40-45 minutes next time). All in all - a fine use of pumpkin & banana. Thanks for posting.<br/><br/>(Also... on the ingredients - last line calls for miniature or canned chocolate chips. ...is there such a thing as canned chocolate chips?)

 

[Kitsune]

These came out great! I made 4 mini loaves, we ate one right off the bat and froze the others. They freeze wonderfully. Very moist and flavorful, the pumpkin and banana really balance each other out nicely.

 

[BrookenBee]

Yummy, we used just one banana and more pumpkin.