Triple Chip Banana Bread |Cooking With Amanda

Bananas are a hit or miss thing in our house.

One week I can buy a bunch of bananas with the idea to bake something delicious, but then my family eats all of them as soon as they ripen. Don't they know that those bananas were supposed to become double chocolate banana muffins?

Or I get in banana-eating mood and eat all of the green ones before they can ripen. Yes, I am a crazy person who can only stand to eat fresh bananas when they are green. They have to crunch when I open the peel. My hubby laughs whenever he sees me eating these "banapples" because he loves a perfectly ripe banana. In fact, he prefers to eat his with the spots on them. To me, those are only good for baking when they hit that point.

Then some weeks, I buy the bananas, and they sit there forever. Ok, not forever, but until all of a sudden my kitchen becomes a fruit fly factory. One of these days I'm going to remember to try washing the bananas as soon as I come home and see if that really works.

Good thing I love to make banana treats, because if a whole bunch goes brown and spotty, we are going to be munching on Nutella banana bread and banana toffee cake all week for breakfast, maybe even some banana bread muffins too. Each recipe is better than the last with a hot cup of coffee in the morning. Or in the afternoon, if I'm being honest.

This time when the bananas turned, I decided it was time to ramp up a family favorite with some extra chip-loving. Extra chocolate chips always get rave reviews here. Now, I actually wasn't even going to photograph this bread because I only changed the recipe slightly. So, I sliced it up and let the kids go to town on it. After my daughter took one bite, she turned and asked if I was going to blog this bread. I told her no, and she just shook her head and said, "Mom, this is awesome. You need to share it."

I'm glad I jumped up and took pictures of it right away, because that loaf of bread didn't last very long with three hungry kids munching on it. Ok, fine, I may have downed a few slices too. My daughter was right... this bread was totally awesome and had to be shared. Make a loaf and thank my daughter for her smart thinking!

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Triple Chip Banana Bread Recipe

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Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 eggs
1 cup mashed banana, two ripe bananas
1/2 cup sour cream
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup cinnamon chips
1/2 cup white chocolate chips
1/2 cup dark chocolate chips

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350°F.
Cream the butter and sugars with a mixer until creamy.
Add the vanilla and eggs and beat again.
Stir in the bananas and sour cream and mix gently.
Sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Slowly add to the butter mixture until all is combined. Do not over mix the batter.
Spoon the batter into a greased 9"x5" baking pan.
Bake at 350°F for 70 minutes.
Remove from the oven and let cool in the pan for 15 minutes.
Flip out onto a wire rack and cool.