Some days are just meant for baking banana bread! Especially those days when you find two super ripe bananas sitting on your counter! Yes, I planned on making my go-to banana bread recipe while my kids ate their breakfast. However, my daughter inspired me to jazz it up a bit and create my own recipe after she rejected the banana yogurt I offered her for breakfast. I threw the yogurt and ripe bananas into a mixing bowl and mashed away! Of course she ate the bread! It may have been the chocolate chips that got her, but, I’d like to think it was the yogurt...
2 ripe bananas
4 or 6oz carton of banana flavored yogurt (or any yogurt you have in the fridge- vanilla works great, too)
5 Tbl. of butter, melted
1/2 c. sugar
1/4 c. brown sugar
2 eggs
1 1/4 c. flour
1/4 c. oat bran*
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 c. chocolate chips
1/4 c. cinnamon chips (optional- but recommended!)
Mash the bananas and yogurt together. Add the butter and sugars to the banana mixture and beat until smooth. Add eggs, one at a time. Next add the dry ingredients and mix. Fold in the chocolate chips. Pour batter into a greased 9X5" loaf pan and bake at 350F for 53-55 minutes. Let bread cool for 20 minutes before removing from the pan. I recommend using a serrated knife to slice! Enjoy!
*If you do not have oat bran, add an extra 1/4 c. flour
