You know what they say...when life gives you overly ripe bananas, make banana nut bread. O.K., no one says that, but I had some ripe bananas this morning, so I decided to make my moms Banana Nut Bread. Now because I live in Georgia, I always use pecans- I think that's a law, but you could use walnuts. I also used the small loaf pans, and it made 4 loaves of bread instead of 2 (more to share). With the smaller pans I cut the cooking time to 35-40 minutes. I tried something new today...I put a handful of chocolate chips in 2 of the loaves...pretty darn delish, if I do say so myself!
I wrapped 3 of the loaves up to give away (and so I wouldn't eat them all)...And yes, today is the 18th, not 16th...
Banana Chocolate Chip Pecan Bread...now that's what I'm talking about! Here's the original recipe...
Banana Nut Bread
Cream together:
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
2 eggs
add:
3 mashed ripe bananas
1/4 cup cold water
add and mix well:
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
2 cups flour
1 cup chopped nuts
pour into greased pans...makes 2 loaves
Bake @ 350 for 1 hour
I love your new banner! The creamy buttons and the pretty pink rose! Gorgeous! I always use pecans in my banana bread as well. Much better than walnuts! Now I am in the mood for banana bread too. I'd better get started - where is my apron?
Posted by: Sarah Elder | September 18, 2008 at 05:54 PM
Yum and a nice easy recipe, thank you! Rachaelxo
Posted by: Rachael | September 18, 2008 at 08:22 PM
How funny that you just posted this. I go to a friend's house weekly to scrapbook. Last week the house smelled soooooo good when we walked in. She had made zucchini bread with PECANS and CHOCOLATE CHIPS.
I thought that being goodies in zucchini bread it would be a weird combination but guess what? It was really, really, really good!
Posted by: GiantsPrincess | September 18, 2008 at 08:28 PM
Oh MY! This is making my mouth water! Especially with the chocolate chips added. Maybe I will make some loaves this weekend, there are witnesses to too many brown bananas in the freezer!
Posted by: Maggie | September 18, 2008 at 11:12 PM
Thanks for the recipe...I keep looking for one. Much thanks...Kara
Posted by: kara | September 19, 2008 at 12:22 PM
Loved your post and the comment about the pecans being the law in Georgia!! I just made my mothers banana bread too and had the same urge you did to kick it up a notch. I added in fresh blueberries with the bananas and it was wonderful. My husband wants me to try banana bread with strawberries in it now. I think that sounds good too! I'll have to try your idea with the chocolate chips. That would be a great treat when you need something sweet! ~ xoxo ~ Joy
Posted by: Joy at Cupids Charm | September 21, 2008 at 10:40 PM