strawberry banana bread with chocolate chips

Banana Bread

Strawberry Banana Bread with Chocolate Chips

Drescription

A moist and very flavorful bread containing three ingredients that go very well together - strawberries, bananas, and chocolate.

Ingredients

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon salt
2 medium ripe bananas, mashed
¾ cup diced strawberries
½ cup white sugar
½ cup brown sugar
½ cup vegetable oil
½ cup semisweet chocolate chips
2 large eggs, lightly beaten

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
Whisk flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt together in a large bowl.
Mix bananas, strawberries, both sugars, oil, chocolate chips, and eggs together in a medium bowl. Add to flour mixture and mix until well combined. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour.

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