Banana Strawberry Chocolate Chip Bread

Ingredients

flour
1½ cups
whole-wheat flour
¾ cups
baking soda
¾ tsp
baking powder
1½ tsp
salt
¾ tsp
cinnamon
1½ tsp
nutmeg
¾ tsp
whole milk
¾ cups
strawberries, halved
1 cups
strawberries, sliced
1 cups
bananas, mashed
2½ cups (8-9 overripe bananas)
butter
½ cups (1 stick)
sugar
½ cups
brown sugar
½ cups
vanilla extract
1 tsp
sour cream
½ cups
eggs
2
dark chocolate chips
1½ cups (3/4 of a bag)

Instructions

  1. Preheat 325°F, put rack in the middle position. Use two 9” x 4½” loaf pans, lightly greased. Bake for 30min, then 30min, then 15min, rotating pans after each time lapse. Cool for 15min in pan. Cool loafs completely on rack.
  2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, whole-wheat flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
  3. In a medium bowl, puree halved strawberries with whole milk. Mash and add remaining sliced strawberries. Mash and add bananas.
  4. In a large bowl, beat butter, sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla extract together until creamy. Add and mix in the sour cream. Add and mix in the eggs. Add and mix in fruit mixture.
  5. Combine wet with dry ingredients by folding/whisking together until just combined. DO NOT OVER STIR.
  6. Gently fold in dark chocolate chips.

Notes

room temp. Eggs, bananas, and strawberries were at room temp. 4 cups of bananas are too much, doesn’t bake completely through even after 90min.