My Aunt's Banana Bread

A vintage banana bread recipe has been handed down through the family, and now the secret is out. It's made with butter, not oil, and there's a bit of vinegar in it.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 50 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins
• Calories: 354 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 eggs, beaten
• 3 ripe bananas, mashed
• 1 teaspoon distilled white vinegar
• 0.5 cup chopped walnuts
• 0.5 teaspoon salt
• 0.5 teaspoon baking powder
• 0.5 cup butter, softened
• 0.75 teaspoon baking soda
• 2.25 cups all-purpose flour
• 1.5 cups white sugar
• 0.5 cup chocolate chips

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan.

Step 2

Stir the bananas and vinegar together in a bowl, and set aside. Cream the sugar and butter together in a large bowl until creamy and smooth, then beat in the eggs. Stir in the reserved banana mixture. In a separate bowl, stir the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together until the mixture is free of lumps. Mix the flour mixture into the butter-sugar mixture until well blended, and stir in the chopped walnuts and chocolate chips. Spread the batter into the prepared loaf pan.

Step 3

Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned and a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes. Let cool in pan about 5 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.