Banana Bread

INGREDIENTS

  • 1½ cups sugar

  • ½ cup canola oil

  • 2 eggs

  • 1½ cups mashed ripe bananas (3-4)

  • ½ cup plain yogurt (don’t use greek yogurt)

  • 1 tsp vanilla

  • 2½ cups all purpose flour

  • 1 tsp baking soda

  • 1 tsp salt

  • 1 cup chocolate chips (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F and move one of your oven racks into the lowest position.

  2. Mix sugar and oil in a large bowl.

  3. Stir in eggs until well blended.

  4. Add mashed bananas, yogurt, and vanilla.

  5. Beat until smooth (I do this by hand with a spoon, you don’t need a hand blender or mixer).

  6. Stir in remaining ingredients except chocolate chips just until mixed.

  7. Stir in chocolate chips (optional!)

  8. Pour in two loaf pans that have been greased.

  9. Bake 8 inch loaves 45-50 minutes (could take an hour).

  10. Poke with a fork or toothpick. If it comes out clean, then it’s done, if it doesn’t then put it back in for a little longer

  11. Transfer out of the pans within ten minutes (if you wait until it gets cool then it’s difficult to get out).

  12. If not serving immediately, wrap tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerate (up to 10 days but let’s be real, it won’t last that long).