White Chocolate Banana Bread

I’ve always found the timing of  banana bread to be a bit funny.

Making banana bread must involve either complete spontaneity (Oh no! Somehow all of my bananas have become brown and mushy! Better make a banana bread. ) or a ridiculous amount of planning (Better buy these green grocery store bananas now so that I can make a banana bread in 9 million years.)

This particular banana bread was of the second variety. I finished my undergrad this past May and to celebrate, my phenomenal Aunt Gloria and Uncle Bob planned a wonderful dinner. It was a perfect evening of friends, family, and food , and definitely warranted not only a thank you note, but pre-planned thank you banana bread as well. 

This is what I made:

Beautiful, no?

It’s a white chocolate banana bread, which is a little unusual, but I think the white chocolate complements the bananas perfectly. It also uses brown sugar and cinnamon, a combination that always wins points in my book

Directions:

1 stick butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups mashed bananas
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cups white chocolate chips

Pre-heat the oven  to 350 ^o and butter a loaf pan.

Cream butter and sugar until light, fluffly, and incredible. 

Mash 2 cups of bananas- for me,  this was 4 ½ medium sized bananas.

Add the bananas to the creamed butter and sugar.

Add the eggs and vanilla. Mix well.

Add the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt. Mix well.

Add the white chocolate chips. Try not to eat too many. 

Pour batter into pan.

Bake for 60-65 minutes and voila! Scrumdiddlyumptious. 

Since this was a gift, I wrapped the loaf first in plastic wrap, and then in tissue paper. 

Recipe courtesy of the incredible bakedbree.