Chocolaty Peanut Butter Banana Bread

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 2 slightly beaten eggs
• 1 cup mashed banana (2-3 medium)
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 cups self-rising flour
• 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup chopped peanuts (optional) or 1/2 cup pecans (optional)

Recipe

• 1 grease the bottom and 1/2 inch up the sides of two loaf pans; set aside.
• 2 in a medium mixing bowl stir together the eggs, bananas, sugar, peanut butter, and milk.
• 3 stir in the flour just until moistened (batter should be lumpy).
• 4 fold in chocolate pieces and peanuts or pecans.
• 5 spoon batter into the prepared pans.
• 6 bake in a 350°f oven about 45 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• 7 cool in pans on a wire rack for 10 minutes.
• 8 remove loaves from pans.
• 9 cool completely on a wire rack.
• 10 wrap and store overnight for easier slicing.
• 11 **if you do not have self-rising flour, substitute with 2 cups all-purpose flour plus 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoons baking soda.