Brain Food

DY has been pretty busy with school lately so I decided to bake some banana bread since it's good for a quick snack on the run. If you know DY personally, you will know he can burn calories by just breathing so when he's actually running around, he needs constant sustenance. Also, I was craving something sweet and moist :)

As usual, I overdosed on the chocolate chips. How come it doesn't look like there are a lot of chocolate chips when the batter is wet, but then after it bakes it's like a chocolate bomb in there? I guess I just need to restrain myself and actually stick with the amount of chocolate the recipe calls for and not... double it. Haha. At least the pecans sort of offset the chocolatey-ness. I highly recommend putting nuts in bread. It gives it a nice crunch. I'm a texture person.

Banana Bread w/ Chocolate Chips & Pecans
adapted from Simply Recipes

INGREDIENTS
* 3 large ripe bananas, mashed
* 1/3 cup melted butter
* 3/4 cup sugar
* 1 egg, beaten
* 1 tsp vanilla
* 1 tsp baking soda
* pinch of salt
* 1 1/2 cups flour
* 1/2 cup chopped pecans
* 1/3 cup chocolate chips

DIRECTIONS
1. Pre-heat oven to 350F
2. Using a wooden spoon, mix butter into mashed bananas
3. Mix in sugar, egg, and vanilla
4. Sprinkle baking soda and salt above mixture and mix in
5. Add flour last, mix (don't overmix!)
6. Fold in chocolate chips and pecans
8. Pour batter into an 8x4" breadpan and bake for 50 min - 1 hour