Chocolate chips and cherries go bananas in a bread that puts a new twist on a classic.
Chocolate Chip and Cherry-Banana Bread
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 2 hr 25 min
- Servings 1
- Ingredients 11
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1 cup mashed very ripe bananas (2 medium)
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 2 eggs
- 2 1/4 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup halved red and green candied cherries
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts
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Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom only of 1 loaf pan, 9x5x3 inches, or 2 loaf pans, 8 1/2x4 1/2x2 1/2 inches, with shortening; lightly flour.
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Step2Beat sugar and butter in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon, until well mixed. Beat in bananas, sour cream and eggs. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt. Stir in chocolate chips, cherries and nuts. Pour into pan(s).
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Step3Bake 45 to 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean (if bread becomes too brown, cover loosely with aluminum foil about 10 minutes before end of bake time). Cool 15 minutes. Loosen sides of loaf from pan(s); remove from pan(s) to wire rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
Nutrition
295
Calories
13 g
Total Fat
4 g
Protein
40 g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Slice
- Calories
- 295
- Calories from Fat
- 115
- Total Fat
- 13 g
- Saturated Fat
- 6 g
- Cholesterol
- 45 mg
- Sodium
- 230 mg
- Potassium
- 150 mg
- Total Carbohydrate
- 40 g
- Dietary Fiber
- 2 g
- Protein
- 4 g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 6%
- 6%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 2%
- 2%
- Iron
- 8%
- 8%
Exchanges:
1 1/2 Starch; 1 Fruit; 2 1/2 Fat;Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens
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