Recipe: EW Mom's Banana Chocolate Chip Bread

With two weeks to go until my due date, and enjoying my time off work - I've been nesting and resumed a long time hobby of mine - baking.   My original banana bread recipe was given to me by a friend in high school. Over the years, I have subsequently added a few little special touches (chocolate chips, cinnamon and oatmeal) to make it my own.  This banana bread recipe has gotten rave reviews and now I'm sharing it with you. I hope you and your family will enjoy it!

Ingredients:

• 1 stick butter (1/2 cup)
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 3/4 cup flour
• 1/4 cup loose oatmeal (I used quaker 1 min quick oats)
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 extremely ripe bananas
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• A handful or so of chocolate chips (as many as you like!)
• Dash of cinnamon

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 F
2. Mash bananas in a small bowl - set aside
3. Cream butter and sugar in a large bowl, add eggs one at a time, add vanilla
4. Mix Flour, baking powder, oatmeal, and salt in a separate bowl
5. Add dry mixture to butter/sugar/egg mixture, add mashed bananas, chocolate chips.  Sprinkle in a little cinnamon, and stir to blend (batter will be lumpy!)
6. Pour into a loaf pan. Bake for 50-60 min or until done.