Chocolate Banana Bread
Makes 2 Loaves, 30 min prep.
Ingredients
3 large Eggs
½ cup Coconut Oil
½ cup Apple Sauce or Apple Butter
1 cup Granulated Sugar
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
½ teaspoon Baking Powder
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
½ teaspoon Nutmeg
⅓ teaspoon Cloves
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
2 cups mashed Banana
3 cups Flour
¾ cup Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
¾ cup chopped Pecans (optional)
Instructions
Heat oven to 350°F. Coconut oil two 9-by-5-inch loaf pans or use a muffin pan lined with paper cups.
Mash bananas and set aside. In a large bowl, with an electric mixer on medium-high beat eggs until foamy. Add the oil, apple sauce and sugar, beat for two minutes. Add the salt, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and vanilla, beat until blended. Add the bananas, chocolate chips and pecans, mix until well blended. Reduce mixer speed to low and slowly add the flour, mix until sticky batter forms.
Transfer the batter to the prepared pans then bake for 60 to 70 minutes or until a fork inserted into the center of the bread come out clean. Transfer pan to a wire rack and cool for 10 minutes. Using a knife, loosen the bread from the pan. Invert it onto the rack, allow to cool and enjoy!