Banana Nut Chocolate Bread
By: Jing Javier
Published: Sunday, April 17, 2011 - 11:56am

Ingredients




 cup butter or margarine, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 cup mashed banana
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped pecans (or walnuts)
1/2 cup chocolate chips (or more if desired)
1/2 cup buttermilk

Preparation

1 Preheat oven to 350 °F 2 Cream butter and sugar. 3 Mix in egg and banana. 4 Stirr together flour baking powder, baking soda, salt, nuts and chocolate chips. 5 Add to this mixture to cream mixture alternately with buttermilk. 6 Stir until just blended. 7 Pour chocolate batter into a greased and floured pan. 9x5x3 inches. 8 Bake for 65 minutes, or until bread tests done. 9 Cool in plan for about 5 minutes, then turn out on a wire rack. 10 Cool completely. 11 Makes one loaf