No Fail Recipe: Perfect Chocolate Walnut Banana Bread

Chocolate Walnut Banana Bread.

You can have Chocolate Walnut Banana Bread using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Chocolate Walnut Banana Bread

1. Prepare of all purpose flour.
2. Prepare of baking powder.
3. You need of kosher salt.
4. Prepare of butter (room temperature).
5. It's of light brown sugar.
6. It's of eggs.
7. Prepare of large very ripe bananas (don't mash until ready to mix).
8. It's of vanilla extract.
9. You need of unsweetened cocoa powder.
10. You need of chopped walnuts.

Chocolate Walnut Banana Bread step by step

1. Preheat oven to 350° & spray a glass 9×5 loaf pan with non stick spray..
2. In a large bowl sift together all the dry ingredients except walnuts (flour, salt, baking powder, and cocoa.) I sifted mine 3 times. This will ensure all your ingredients mix well and you won't overwork the batter..
3. In a separate bowl use a hand mixer to blend all the wet ingredients until smooth (eggs, butter, vanilla, and brown sugar.) Set aside and mash your bananas with a fork (a few chunks are ok.) Once mashed combine bananas with the wet ingredients. Add the walnuts and give a quick stir..
4. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet. I recommend doing this in batches. I did 4 batches, gently folding each with a spatula. Stir just enough to combine. You don't want to overwork the batter because it will result in a dense bread. Pour into prepared dish and place on center rack in oven..
5. Bake at 350° for about an hour. Check for doneness by inserting a small knife or a wooden skewer into the center. It's done if it comes out clean. Ovens vary so cooking time may be a little different..
6. Remove from oven and let cool in pan for 30 minutes. After that remove from pan and cool for another hour on a rack..