Something Different Banana Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup butter, softened or 1/3 cup margarine
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups bananas, ripe mashed (approx. 3 large)
• 1/3 cup water
• 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 dash vanilla (i use about 1/8 tsp.)
• 1/3 cup milk chocolate chips, melted (i actually used semi-sweet)
• 1/3 cup confectioners' sugar
• water

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350°f grease bottom only of full size loaf pan. (9"x5"x3").
• 2 mix sugar and butter or margarine in a 2 and1/2 quart bowl.
• 3 stir in eggs until blended.
• 4 add bananas and water, and beat 30 seconds.
• 5 stir in remaining ingredients, except the chocolate chips.
• 6 pour into pan.
• 7 place chocolate chips in small bowl into microwave, and microwave on high, stirring at 15-second intervals, until smooth. chocolate scorches fairly easily, so keep an eye on it.
• 8 now drip the melted chocolate down the center of the loaf lengthwise.
• 9 with a butter knife or something similar, zigzag gently over the chocolate the full length of the loaf, piercing down only about one or two inches.
• 10 place pan in center of oven for approximately 55 minutes.
• 11 bread is done when a toothpick comes out clean.
• 12 let bread cool, then you can glaze it.
• 13 mix the confectioner’s sugar with a drop or two of water at a time until you get the consistency you want.
• 14 drizzle glaze over the bread.