How to make Banana Nut Chocolate Bread

Ingredients:

• cup butter or margarine, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 cup mashed banana
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup chopped pecans (or walnuts)
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips (or more if desired)
• 1/2 cup buttermilk

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 °F
2. Cream butter and sugar.
3. Mix in egg and banana.
4. Stirr together flour baking powder, baking soda, salt, nuts and chocolate chips.
5. Add to this mixture to cream mixture alternately with buttermilk.
6. Stir until just blended.
7. Pour chocolate batter into a greased and floured pan. 9x5x3 inches.
8. Bake for 65 minutes, or until bread tests done.
9. Cool in plan for about 5 minutes, then turn out on a wire rack.
10. Cool completely.
11. Makes one loaf

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