Easy Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
Easy Chocolate Chip Banana Bread with cream cheese is moist and delicious and perfect for breakfast, brunch or a snack.
Servings: 8
Ingredients
- 3 medium bananas, overripe
- ½ cup butter, melted
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 4 ounces cream cheese
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 ½ cups flour
- ½ cup chocolate chips
- ½ cup walnuts, (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Prepare a bread loaf pan by spraying with non-stick spray or you can butter and flour the bread loaf pan.
- In a small bowl mash up 2 of the bananas, leaving them slightly lumpy.
- Thinly slice the remaining banana and set aside.
- In a large bowl cream together butter and sugar.
- Beat in the eggs and vanilla until smooth. Mix in cream cheese, mashed bananas, baking soda and salt. Stir in flour until blended.
- Fold in sliced bananas, chocolate chips and walnuts (optional).
- Pour batter into prepared loaf pan. Sprinkle a few additional chocolate chips on top.
- Bake for 50-60 minutes until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Allow to cool completely on a wire rack.