How to Make the Perfect Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
A deliciously moist, ridiculously easy banana bread recipe with chocolate chips and a surprise ingredient.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Shortening
- 2 cups White Sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 2 tbsp Mayonnaise
- 6 Bananas, very ripe, mashed
- 3 cups All-Purpose Flour
- ½ tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 2 tsp Baking Soda
- 1 cup Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
- ½ cup Walnuts, chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease two 9x5 inch loaf pans.
- In a large bowl, cream together the shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in the eggs one at a time, beating well with each addition. Stir in the mayonnaise and bananas. Stir together the flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Blend the flour mixture into the banana mixture; stir just enough to evenly combine. Fold in the chocolate chips and walnuts.
- Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean, about 50 to 75 minutes. Cool loaf in the pan for 20 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.