Cream Cheese Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
I can’t even tell you how much I love this Cream Cheese Chocolate Chip Banana Bread. It’s soft, sweet, and every slice has that creamy cheesecake-like center that feels like a hidden surprise. With simple pantry ingredients, this is the banana bread recipe I come back to again and again. It never lasts long in my house!
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Servings: 12
Calories: 401kcal
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 3 bananas ripe, mashed
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and coat a 9x5 pan with cooking spray; set aside. In a large bowl, combine the butter, brown sugar, sugar, eggs and vanilla. Mix well.
- In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt and mix well. Gradually add to the wet ingredients until combined. Stir in the mashed bananas and chocolate chips.
- Pour half of the batter into the prepared pan. Spread softened cream cheese evenly over bottom half of the batter and top with the remaining batter.
- Sprinkle additional chocolate chips over the top, if desired. Bake in the preheated oven for approximately 1 hour. Start checking for doneness at the 50-minute mark.
- When a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, the bread is done. Let cool for 10 minutes before serving.
Notes
- Softened butter and cream cheese will whip into the ingredients more easily.
- Salted or unsalted butter works. But you might want to decrease the salt content called for if using salted butter.
- Don't forget to get the sides of the pan when spraying.
- Milk chocolate or dark chocolate chips will also work.
- Allowing the bread to cool completely to room temperature will ensure that it keeps its shape, but it is best served just a little bit warm.
- This bread is great served solo as a dessert or with a simple pat of butter.
- Whip a little cocoa powder in with the cream cheese mixture before adding for a chocolatey center.
- If you feel your banana bread is dry after baking, you can top it with a small drizzle of my Simple Icing Glaze. Again, you can add a little cocoa to make it chocolatey!
Nutrition
Calories: 401kcal | Carbohydrates: 49g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 68mg | Sodium: 456mg | Potassium: 263mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 27g | Vitamin A: 556IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 66mg | Iron: 2mg
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