Recipe: Banana-Chocolate Tea Bread

Banana-Chocolate Tea Bread
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Yield: 2 (8-inch) loaves

1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup banana, mashed
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
1/3 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips

Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.

Combine flour, cocoa, soda, salt, and cinnamon; sift together. Stir flour mixture into egg mixture, blending well; add vanilla. Stir in banana, sour cream, walnuts, and chocolate morsels.

Spoon batter into two greased and floured 8-inch loaf pans. Bake at 350 degrees F for 55 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.

Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans. and cool completely on a wire rack.