chocolate chip banana cherry bread

Name: Chocolate Chip Banana Cherry Bread
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/2 cup(s) butter, softened; 1 cup(s) granulated sugar; 2 - eggs; 2 cup(s) all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon(s) baking soda; 1 1/2 cup(s) bananas, ripe and mashed; 1/2 cup(s) maraschino cherries, drained and chopped; 1/2-3/4 cup(s) chocolate chips; 1/4 cup(s) walnuts, chopped

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Suzanne Larsen

Ankeny, IA

Updated on Jan 31, 2014

When my mom made this bread, she called it Fruit Bread, but I always thought that sounded like fruit cake! I changed the bread to its current title and I think it sounds a lot more fun! Once you have drained the maraschino cherries and chopped them up, place them on a paper towel to soak up the rest of the juice. This bread will serve around eight people if they all have a slice or it will feed fewer, if those eating it gobble up the whole thing!!

Rate

prep time 30 Min

cook time 1 Hr

method Bake

yield 4-8 serving(s)

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
2 - eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 cups bananas, ripe and mashed
1/2 cup maraschino cherries, drained and chopped
1/2-3/4 cup chocolate chips
1/4 cup walnuts, chopped

How To Make chocolate chip banana cherry bread

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Step 2

In the bowl of your stand mixer using the paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar.
Step 3

Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Step 4

In a large bowl, sift the flour and soda.
Step 5

Add the flour/soda to the creamed mixture, alternating with the mashed bananas. Add the mixture slowly so flour doesn't fly all over the place.
Step 6

Add the cherries, chocolate chips and walnuts (optional on the nuts).
Step 7

Grease and flour a loaf pan. (You will need at least 2 regular-sized loaf pans or more if you are using minis.)
Step 8

Fill each loaf pan about three-quarters full.
Step 9

Bake for one hour. If you have a hot oven, check the bread at about 75% of the way through. Insert a knife into the middle of the bread. If it comes out clean, the bread is done.
Step 10

Optionally, you may frost the bread with a powdered sugar glaze, but I find the glaze makes the bread too sweet. If you do decide to glaze it, melt a little butter and add it to some powdered sugar and vanilla to make a thin consistency. Frost the bread while it's still warm.
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