Ingredients

The following ingredients have 80 Servings
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • ½ cup chopped crystallized ginger
  • ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter (at room temperature)
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 2 large very ripe bananas (peeled and mashed (about 1 cup mush))
  • ½ cup sour cream or plain Greek yogurt

Instruction

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease or spray a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan (see Note).
  • In a small bowl, mix together the flour, salt, and baking soda. Mix in the chocolate and the ginger.
  • In a large bowl with an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then add the vanilla. Blend in the mashed bananas and sour cream.
  • Switch to a wooden spoon and add the flour mixture in batches to the batter, mixing just until each addition is incorporated. At the end the batter should be barely blended (it will be thick). Pour the mixture into the loaf pan. Bake until a toothpick or wooden skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean, about 45 minutes (see Note). Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then turn the loaf out of the pan and finishing cooling the bread upright on the wire rack.