As a child, my father would make the best breads. It didn’t matter if it was flatbread, white bread, wheat bread, or cinnamon raisin bread….I would stay up late and wait for a heavenly slice of fresh hot bread with melted butter and a glass of milk. There is nothing better before bed! Last night, I made Papershell Pecan Chocolate Chip Banana Bread for my husband and I. The smell of hot bread in the evening took me back to my childhood at home and has started a new tradition in our own home. Isn’t it funny how the simplest things make you feel at home no matter where you are? People always ask me what I like to cook….well that’s it…the things that bring you home. Try my Papershell Pecan Chocolate Chip Banana Bread recipe and enjoy!
Papershell Pecan Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
Ingredients:
2 cups bananas, mashed (about 5 bananas)
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup sugar
3 Tbsp milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 cup AP (All Purpose) Flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
3/4 cup pecans, chopped
1 cup chocolate chips
2 large eggs
2 Tbsp sugar
1 tsp ground cinnamon
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350F and prepare a 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 inch loaf pan by greasing and flouring it.
In a mixing bowl, mash bananas and combine with vegetable oil, sugar, milk, and vanilla extract. Using a mixer, mix until ingredients are combined evenly. Continue to mix while adding wheat flour, AP flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Once all ingredients are combined, remove bowl from mixer and fold in pecans, chocolate chips, and eggs. Fill prepared pan with batter and combine remaining sugar and cinnamon for the topping. Sprinkle sugar and cinnamon mixture on top of batter. Bake in preheated oven for about 60 minutes. Depending on the oven, it may or may not take longer. Use your best judgement and test with a toothpick or skewer. If it comes out clean, it is ready! Allow bread to cool for 10 minutes, remove from pan, slice and serve. If properly wrapped with plastic wrap or aluminum foil, it will last about a week.
Yield: 16 servings
