Copycat "Bill's" Chocolate Banana Bread

Name: Copycat "Bill's" Chocolate Banana Bread
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: 8-10 slices
Ingredients: 250 g plain all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 125 g unsalted butter, softened; 250 g caster sugar (superfine); 4 ripe bananas, mashed; 2 eggs, lightly beaten; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 175 g good-quality dark chocolate chips or 175 g milk chocolate chips

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Ready In:: 1hr 35mins
Ingredients:: 8
Yields:: 8-10 slices

ingredients

250 g plain all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
125 g unsalted butter, softened
250 g caster sugar (superfine)
4 ripe bananas, mashed
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
175 g good-quality dark chocolate chips or 175 g milk chocolate chips

directions

Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F/Gas 4).
Sift the flour and baking powder.
into a.
large bowl.
Mix the butter, sugar, banana, eggs, vanilla extract and chocolate chips in a separate bowl.
Add the dry ingredients and stir to combine, being careful not to overmix.
Pour the batter into a non-stick, or lightly greased and floured, 19 x 11 cm (71/2 x 41/2 inch) loaf tin and bake for 1 hour 15 minutes, or until the bread is cooked when tested with a skewer.
Leave to cool in the tin for 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool.
Serve in thick slices with butter.