Chocolate Chip Banana Bread with Vanilla Ice Cream and Banana Caramel

Desert 5.05.2013: Chocolate Chip Banana Bread with Vanilla Ice Cream and Banana Caramel

Chocolate Chip Banana Bread with Vanilla Ice Cream and Banana Caramel

Every week I seem to have a couple of bananas that are beyond where they can be eaten. So, instead of letting them attract too many fruit flies or throwing them in the trash - make banana bread! If you bake them in a shallow dish baking time reduces from 55 mins to only 35-40 mins.

Banana Caramel (butter, sliced bananas, brown sugar, pinch kosher salt, heavy cream)

Chocolate Chip Banana Bread with Vanilla Ice Cream

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temp. (1 stick) - Cream butter and sugar (using my KitchenAid mixer with the paddle attachment)
• 1/2 white cup sugar
• 1/4 brown sugar
• 2 eggs - Add one egg at a time. Mix well.
• 2-3 bananas, mashed - Add bananas. Mix well.
• 1 1/2 cups flour - Combine flour, baking soda, and salt. Add to creamed mixture, but don't overmix.
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla - Add Vanilla and chocolate chips, etc.
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips, nuts, etc (optional)

Bake at 350 degrees for 55-60 minutes in a greased and floured loaf pan, or ~40 minutes in a shallow baking dish.