chocolate chip banana bread

how does that not sound nice to you? the formula is simple, and what's better: this cake is fat-free. which means less-guilt, since it's almost non-fat but for the chocolate, but not guilt-less, since there's quite a bit of sugar in there.


mash up three bananas to a pulpy mix. i dont usually have the patience to wait for them to ripen, so i always end up using just-ripe bananas for the bread. haven't found any problems with moistness in the final dough though.


mix this up with the usual suspects: flour, sugar, cinnamon powder and baking soda. mmmm, a one-bowl operation.


and look: i chopped up my own chocolate. the last time i properly worked with chocolate chips was a long time ago, and i have resolved not to do that unless i absolutely have to. i love having proper chunks of proper chocolate in my baked goods, and especially in cookies, where they swirl around in the dough. plus i find that many chocolate chips have this strange plasticky sort of taste to them. the hershey sort is alright, but i dont even like those. buy proper chocolate people, it's far worth it.


bake it, cool it, unmold it, cut it.

and be a good neighbor.


look at the chocolate in there! and a chunk of banana as well.
LOVE.