Chocolate Chip Banana Nut Bread Muffins
This banana bread recipe can be baked as a moist tea loaf in a regular loaf pan, or for a faster bake, make it into banana muffins for a grab-and-go breakfast treat or sweet snack! You can bake this with all purpose flour for a tender classic loaf, or substitute all or part of the flour with whole wheat for a heartier, healthier banana bread or muffin. I always add nuts to these, but if you're allergic or don't like them, you can leave them out without changing the recipe!
Equipment
- 1 standard size loaf pan
Ingredients
- 4 oz unsalted butter ½ cup or 1 stick
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup ripe mashed banana fresh or frozen
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
Dry Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose or whole wheat flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
Fold In:
- ½ cup chopped walnuts lightly toasted for best flavor
- ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips you can use full size or mini-chips
Instructions
cream butter & sugar
- In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter until softened. You can also use a hand mixer or mix by hand with a sturdy wooden spoon.
- Add the sugar and mix again until the mixture is light and fluffy and no large lumps remain.
add egg & banana
- Crack the eggs individually into a small bowl, mix with a fork, and add one at a time to the creamed butter and sugar.
- Mix well, scraping the bowl down between additions of egg.
- Next, add the cup of mashed banana, and mix well. This should be a relatively thin batter, with a consistency similar to pancake batter.
mix dry ingredients:
- Preheat the oven to 350℉.
- Measure the flour into a small mixing bowl.
- Sift the baking soda and salt into the flour, and sift or whisk to mix.
add dry ingredients:
- Add the flour, salt, and leavening mixture to the mixing bowl.
- Pulse the mixer, mixing for a few seconds at a time on a low speed, or gently fold by hand with a spatula.
- Lower the mixer bowl and scrape down the bowl, raise the bowl again, and mix on low speed just until no dry clumps remain.
fold in nuts & chips:
- Add the toasted chopped nuts and chocolate chips to the banana bread batter.
- Mix again gently or fold by hand just until the chocolate chips and the nuts are evenly mixed into the batter.
fill muffin tins or loaf pans:
- Spray your muffin tins or loaf pans with baking spray, or brush them with melted or softened butter and then dust with flour. Alternately, use nonstick baking tins or silicone baking cups or pans.
- Scoop the batter into your prepared pans, dividing evenly to make 12 regular muffins, 6 jumbo muffins, or 24 mini-muffins.
- Alternately, pour the batter into one standard size loaf pan or up to four mini loaf pans.
bake banana bread muffins or loaves:
- Place the pans on a rack in the center of your preheated 350℉ oven.
- Bake muffins 25-30 minutes, or about 45-50 minutes for loaves.
- Test the muffins or loaf with a bamboo or metal skewer towards the end of the baking time. When the muffins are done, only crumbs will cling to the skewer.
- If the tops are still soft or jiggly, bake longer and check when the tops are evenly brown and lightly set. Your baking time will vary (depending on your individual oven and what material your pans are made from).
Notes
These muffins or banana bread are amazing while still warm from the oven, but they’ll stay fresh for up to a week. Keep them in an air-tight container or zip-seal bag.
I recommend refrigerating or freezing your banana bread or muffins if you won’t be eating them within a few days, especially in summer.
You can slice the loaves before freezing, wrap well, and toast individual slices to thaw (you may want to separate the slices with waxed or parchment paper squares or wrap individually). Thaw banana muffins overnight, or quickly defrost in a microwave.
Nutrition
Calories: 314kcalCarbohydrates: 42gProtein: 5gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 52mgSodium: 203mgPotassium: 169mgFiber: 2gSugar: 22gVitamin A: 298IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 21mgIron: 2mg
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