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Mary Berry Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Recipe

Mary Berry Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Recipe

Mary Berry's chocolate chip banana bread is moist, deeply flavoured, and packed with chocolate — the best thing to do with overripe bananas.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 55 minutes
Cooling Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 40 minutes
Servings: 12 Slices
Course: Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine: British
Calories: 295
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 3 very ripe bananas about 300g peeled weight
  • 175 g unsalted butter melted and cooled
  • 150 g soft light brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs beaten
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 225 g plain flour sifted
  • 1½ tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • ½ tsp ground cinnamon
  • ½ tsp fine salt
  • 150 g chocolate chips dark, milk, or a mixture
  • 50 g walnuts roughly chopped (optional)
  • Optional Topping:
  • Extra chocolate chips and walnuts for the top

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 170°C / 150°C fan / Gas 3. Grease and line a 2lb loaf tin with a parchment sling.
  2. Mash bananas thoroughly in a large bowl until almost smooth.
  3. Add melted butter, brown sugar, beaten eggs, and vanilla. Stir to combine.
  4. Sift in flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, cinnamon, and salt. Fold gently until just combined — stop at the last streak of flour.
  5. Fold in chocolate chips and walnuts if using.
  6. Pour into tin. Scatter extra chips and walnuts on top if using. Bake 55–65 minutes until a skewer comes out clean. Cover top loosely if browning too quickly.
  7. Cool in tin 15 minutes. Lift out. Cool on wire rack 30 minutes before slicing.

Notes

Use the ripest bananas you have — almost black gives the best flavour.
Use melted butter not softened — it gives the right dense, moist texture.
Soft light brown sugar gives a better, more complex flavour than white.
Do not overmix — fold until just combined and stop.
The crack on top is completely normal and characteristic of a good loaf.
Improves on day two. Stores 4 days at room temperature. Freezes 3 months.
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