Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

One of my favorite ways to use over ripe bananas is to make banana bread. This banana bread recipe is extremely easy to make and only takes about an hour to make. To make this banana bread recipe even more decadent, I add 1/2 cup of chocolate chips to the batter. If you know someone with a nut allergy omit the crushed almonds.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup chocolate chips
3 ripe bananas smashed
1/3 cup melted butter
1 cup of sugar
1 beaten egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking soda
pinch of salt
1 1/2 cup of flour
two tablespoons crushed almonds

Method:
Preheat your oven to 350 °F. In a large mixing bowl, combine the mashed bananas and melted butter. Next, add the sugar, beaten egg, and vanilla extract. Now mix in the salt and the baking powder. Stir in the flour slowly. Once the flour is fully incorporated, stir in the chocolate chips. Pour batter into a greased 4 x 8 loaf pan. Sprinkle the top of the batter with the crushed almonds. Bake the banana bread at 350 °F for 1 hour. After an hour in the oven, stick a toothpick into the banana bread. If the toothpick comes out clean the banana bread is ready to cool down. Let the banana bread cool on a wire rack.