Cocoa-Nana Bread

Name: Cocoa-Nana Bread
Ingredients: 2 cups flour; 1 cup cocoa powder; 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon baking soda; 8 tablespoons butter, softened; 3/4 cup sugar; 1/2 cup packed brown sugar; 2 eggs; 2 ripe bananas, mashed; 3/4 cup buttermilk; 1/2 cup bittersweet chocolate chips

12 ingredients

13 steps

Ingredients

2 cups flour
1 cup cocoa powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
8 tablespoons butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
2 ripe bananas, mashed
3/4 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup bittersweet chocolate chips

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 350. Butter a 9x5 inch loaf pan and place in on an insulated baking sheet (can use 2 regular sheets stacked together).
2

Sift together flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
3

Cream butter and sugars together.
4

Add eggs, one at a time.
5

Reduce mixer speed to low and mix in bananas.
6

Add dry ingredients in 3 additions, mixing only until ingredients are mixed together.
7

Beat in buttermilk on low speed.
8

Stir in chocolate chips.
9

Scrape batter into pan.
10

Bake for 30 minutes, then cover loosely with a foil tent to prevent from overbrowning.
11

Bake for another 40-45 minutes, or until tests done.
12

Remove and cool for at least 20 minutes before running a knife around the edge of the pan, then turning it out of the pan.
13

Cool to room temperature (make sure bread is right side up while cooling).