chocolate banana bread

How To Make chocolate banana bread

• 1

  Preheat oven to 350º.
• 2

  Grease one 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• 3

  Combine butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract in a bowl. With an electric mixer, beat ingredients on medium speed until moistened.
• 4

  Add the mashed bananas and milk, beat on low to blend.
• 5

  Add the flour, baking cocoa, salt, baking soda, and baking powder. Beat on low until flour mixture is moistened.
• 6

  Use a spoon to fold in the pecans (or walnuts).
• 7

  Pour batter into the loaf pan.
• 8

  Bake on center rack 55-60 minutes. (I baked mine for 55 minutes.)
• 9

  Once the bread is done baking, remove from oven, and let bread stand in baking pan on a wire rack for 55 minutes, to let it cool.
• 10

  Run a butter knife around the inside of the pan, then flip the pan over to release the bread from the pan.
• 11

  Cool bread completely before cutting into slices. Serve bread.
• 12

  *Note: When it came to adding the baking cocoa, I used Hershey's Special Dark Cocoa, which gave the bread a nice chocolate flavor.
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