Back to basics: chocolate banana bread

One of my favorite recipes to make are those classic ones passing on from friends or older generations. They are amazingly easy to make yet super delicious. This banana bread recipe I found is one of the examples. It was a random search in order to finish an over riped banana sitting on our dining table for a while. Nowadays it seems so intuitive that we need a million of tools to create something as simple as a cake, but this recipe brings us back to the basics - just your mixing bowl. Just a quick mix of all the ingredients and you are ready to enjoy a moist, buttery banana bread in no time!

Prepare time: 10 mins               Cooking time: 1 hour

Ingredients: (yield 1 loaf)
3 or 4 ripe bananas, smashed (I used 1 large banana and it's still very flavorful)
1/3 cup melted butter (76g)
1 cup sugar (can easily reduce to 3/4 cup) (1C=200g 3/4C=150g)
1 egg, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking soda
Pinch of salt
1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour (192g)

1/2 cups chocolate chip

Steps:

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Line baking paper or butter your loaf pan
2. Mix melted butter into the mashed bananas in a large mixing bowl
3. Mix in the sugar, egg, and vanilla. Sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture and mix in. Add the flour, don't overmix. Quickly add chocolate chip into batter and roughly combine
4. Pour mixture into a buttered 4x8 inch loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour. Cool on a rack. Remove from pan and slice to serve

 Enjoy!