Recipe: Chocolate Banana Bread

When the temperature drops like this my 'need-to-bake' gene switches into full force. Crank up the oven, grab a bowl and a wooden spoon et voila! a little treat to enjoy with your afternoon cuppa - or in your lunch box.

This banana bread recipe is from Bill Granger. It is absolutely delicious. Dust it with icing sugar or toast a slice and slather it with butter.  I do find this recipe a little sweet so instead of 1 cup of sugar I use just 3/4 of a cup. And make sure your bananas are over-ripe for an extra gooey texture.

INGREDIENTS:

2 cups plain flour

2 tspns baking powder

1 cup caster sugar

3 very ripe bananas, mashed

125 g unsalted butter, melted

2 eggs, beaten

1 tspn vanilla extract

1 cup dark choc chips

METHOD:

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees celsius. Grease a 24cm x 13cm x 7cm loaf tin. Sift the flour and baking power in a bowl and add the caster sugar. In a separate bowl, combine the bananas, butter, eggs, vanilla and choc chips. Add the dry ingredients and stir until just combined. Pour into the loaf pan and bake for 1 1/4 hours or until when a skewer is inserted in the centre it comes away clean.