Chocolate and Banana Bread
If you've got dried yeast, chocolate spread and ripe bananas, you're most of the way to this vegetarian: about 60 minutes of cooking across 6 steps. Below: the ingredients split into pantry staples and a quick shopping list, a built-in serving scaler, and the method in 6 steps.
You'll mainly reach for oven. At medium difficulty across 6 steps, it's manageable with a little attention. As written, it's meat-free.
What you'll need
Shopping list (4)
Pantry staples (you likely have these)
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How to make it
- In a large bowl, mix the bread flour, dried yeast, sugar and salt, then rub in the soft butter and add the tepid water, bringing everything together into a rough dough.
- Turn the dough out and knead on a lightly floured surface for about 10 minutes until smooth and elastic, then return it to the bowl, cover, and leave in a warm place for about 1 hour until doubled in size.
- Knock back the risen dough and roll it out on a floured surface into a large rectangle roughly 1 cm thick.
- Spread the chocolate spread evenly over the dough, scatter over the sliced bananas and chopped nuts, then roll it up firmly from a long edge into a log and tuck it into a greased loaf tin.
- Cover loosely and leave to prove for a further 30 to 40 minutes until risen, meanwhile preheating the oven to 200 C (400 F).
- Bake for 30 to 35 minutes until deep golden and hollow-sounding when tapped on the base, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool before slicing.
You'll use: Oven
Ingredient substitutions
- Butter
- olive oil (¾ the amount) · coconut oil · margarine
Tips & common questions
How long does Chocolate and Banana Bread take to make?
About 60 minutes from start to finish — an estimate based on the 6 steps and 9 ingredients. Times vary with your kitchen and how much prep you do ahead.
What can I use instead of butter?
Try olive oil (¾ the amount). See the substitutions section above for more swaps.
Can I scale this recipe up or down?
Yes — use the servings control above the ingredients and every quantity rescales automatically (fractions included). Cooking times stay roughly the same; very large batches may need a little longer.
Is Chocolate and Banana Bread vegetarian?
Its ingredients contain no meat or fish, so it's suitable for vegetarians. Check any cheeses for animal rennet if that matters to you.
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Chocolate and Banana Bread is an original recipe developed in-house by Consomee. Photo: Banana Chocolate Chip Bread, March 2009.jpg by Carolien Dekeersmaeker, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons. We add the serving scaler, ingredient tools, timing and structure on top — how we source recipes.