February 23: National Banana Bread Day

Because I like cinnamon and I like chocolate chips, I made...

JazzyJ's Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Ingredients:
1 cup sugar
8 tablespoons butter
2 eggs
3 to 4 very ripe bananas
1 tablespoon milk (I used almond milk)
4 tablespoons cinnamon
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup chocolate chips

See? Lots of cinnamon!

 

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Cream sugar and butter together. Add one egg at a time, mixing well.
3. In a different bowl, mash bananas, add milk, cinnamon and chocolate chips, mix well.
4.  In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
5. Add banana mixture to the creamed butter and sugar.
6. Slowly add in flour mixture, stir just until mixed.
7. Bake in a 9 x 5 x 3 bread pan for approximately 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes.

While 1+ hour is a long time to wait to taste this delicious bread, I came up with a list of suggestions to keep you busy.

Suggestions To Keep You Busy Until The Most Delicious Banana Bread Is Ready:
-Fold laundry
-Do dishes
-Mop the floor
-Watch your favorite TV show
-Learn to juggle
-Take a Shower
-Knit a hat
-Learn to unicycle

What I Did To Keep Busy Until The Most Delicious Banana Bread Was Ready:
-Unloaded the dishwasher
-Reloaded the dishwasher
-Folded two loads of laundry
-Realized that I own two different pairs of very similar umbrella socks (see picture below)
-Texted with Molly and Courtney and tried to determine if someone did, or did not, spit in Molly's mug of water during work today (we aren't sure, but Molly got a new cup of water just to be sure)
-Found my cat (she wasn't missing as in lost just to clarify)
-Ate two small cookies
-Watched the last part of a Shark Tank episode

Finally, my cinnamon chocolate chip banana bread was ready! And it did not disappoint!

Different, yet similar umbrella socks.