Cocoa-Nana Bread

• flour↗2 cups
• cocoa powder↗1 cup
• baking powder↗1 1⁄2 teaspoons
• salt↗1⁄2 teaspoon
• baking soda↗1⁄4 teaspoon
• butter↗8 tablespoons

  softened

• sugar↗3⁄4 cup
• brown sugar1⁄2 cup

  packed

• eggs↗2
• ripe bananas↗2

  mashed

• buttermilk↗3⁄4 cup
• bittersweet chocolate chips↗1⁄2 cup

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350. Butter a 9x5 inch loaf pan and place in on an insulated baking sheet (can use 2 regular sheets stacked together).

2. 2

   Sift together flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

3. 3

   Cream butter and sugars together.

4. 4

   Add eggs, one at a time.

5. 5

   Reduce mixer speed to low and mix in bananas.

6. 6

   Add dry ingredients in 3 additions, mixing only until ingredients are mixed together.

7. 7

   Beat in buttermilk on low speed.

8. 8

   Stir in chocolate chips.

9. 9

   Scrape batter into pan.

10. 10

    Bake for 30 minutes, then cover loosely with a foil tent to prevent from overbrowning.

11. 11

    Bake for another 40-45 minutes, or until tests done.

12. 12

    Remove and cool for at least 20 minutes before running a knife around the edge of the pan, then turning it out of the pan.

13. 13

    Cool to room temperature (make sure bread is right side up while cooling).