food and drink ? Blog Archive ? Banana Nut Chocolate Chip Bread

1/3 c Butter or margarine, softened

3/4 c Sugar

1 ea Egg

1 c Mashed banana

2 c All purpose flour

2 1/2 ts Baking powder

1/4 ts Baking soda

1/2 ts Salt

1 c Chopped pecans (or walnuts)

1/2 c Chocolate chips (or more if desired

1/2 c Buttermilk

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cream butter and sugar. Mix in egg

and banana. Stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt,

nuts and chocolate chips. Add this mixture to creamed mixture

alternately with buttermilk. Stir until just blended. Pour batter into a

greased and floured loaf pan (9 x 5 x 3 inches). Bake for 65

minutes, or until bread tests done. Cool in pan for about 5 minutes,

then turn out on a wire rack. Makes 1 loaf.

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