Guys the cherry stuff can’t stop. I love cherries! I ate a whole bag of them today, in fact. This is banana bread stuffed with chocolate and cherries, and you should probably make it immediately. Ana made this for me on a day I thought we just did not have time for one more recipe, but turns out I was wrong – good thing, because this quickly became my fave thing to eat.
I love bread recipes because I hate getting breakfast ready in the morning – I love the idea of this being ready for me in the AM with little prep. This toasted? The perfect start to a day with some hot coffee.
This recipe is easy to follow, and easy to adapt. Banana bread is generally pretty forgiving, and that’s why I like to come back to it so much. I love it for breakfast (maybe hold the chocolate) and I love it for a snack. I lowered the sugar in here because the cherries are sweet enough. I would imagine this makes delicious muffins, but that’s to come – for now I’ve been eating it in slices and not looking back.
The recipe is below – get at it! Try it with your fave berries if cherries isn’t your thing – imagine blueberries or raspberries? Or some combo of the two. The possibilities are really endless. Berry season is the best one, you guys. Happy summer!
Ingredients
- 3-4 ripe bananas, smashed
- 3 tablespoon melted butter
- 2 tablespoon sugar or honey
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- pinch salt
- 3/4 cup flour
- 3/4 cup whole wheat flour
- 6 ounce dark chocolate
- 1 cup cherries
Directions
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Pit your cherries and chop your chocolate.
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Smash bananas in a bowl. Add butter, sugar, egg, and vanilla, and mix well.
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In a medium bowl, mix baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and flours. Add dry ingredients to wet and mix well.
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Add chocolate and cherries and mix until combined.
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Pour into buttered loaf pan. Bake for 45-55 minutes until toothpick comes out clean.
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