Hazelnut Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
Banana Bread loaded with hazelnuts and chocolate chips. We took the classic banana bread and elevated it. We love this quick banana chocolate loaf bread so much, it is absolutely perfect for tea time.
Ingredients
- 4 ripe bananas , medium sized
- 250 g self raising flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 180 g castor sugar
- 125 g cold butter
- 2 eggs , beaten
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
- 60 g roasted skinned hazelnuts , chopped
- 100 g chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 170 degrees & line a loaf tin with grease proof paper
- Sieve the flour and salt into a large mixing bowl and rub in the butter until it begins to look like rough breadcrumbs.
- Add in the sugar, chocolate & hazelnuts.
- Either with a fork or a mixer, mash the bananas and combine the with the eggs and vanilla essence. Give it a good mix until its all thoroughly combined.
- Pour batter into prepared tin. Bake for 1 hour and 20-30 minutes.
- When you take it out of the oven leave it to cool half way in the tin, then remove it and wrap it in a tea towel to cool the rest of the way OR you can enjoy a slice while its still warm and the chocolate is slightly melted.