Chocolate Marbled Banana Bread 2 cup all purpose flour 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon 2 eggs 3 mashed ripe bananas (depending on how much banana you like) 1 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted 1 tablespoon milk 2 ounces semi-sweet chocolate, melted and cooled
Preheat oven to 350F. Grease a 9X5X3-inch loaf pan, set aside. Melt chocolate in medium bowl and set aside to cool. In a large bowl combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon. make a well in the center of the flour mixture and set aside. Melt butter in medium bowl, allow to cool slightly. In the same bowl, add to the butter the mashed bananas, sugar, milk and eggs. Combine the egg mixture to the flour mixture. Stir just until combined, batter should be lumpy. Transfer 1 1/4 cups of batter to the bowl with the melted chocolate and fold until thoroughly combined. Drop alternating spoonfuls of the plain and chocolate batter into the prepared pan. Using a long knife or metal spatula, gently cut through the batters to marble. Bake 55-60 min or until toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cover loosely with foil for the last 15 minutes if necessary to prevent over-browning. Cool in the pan on wire rack for 10 min. Remove from the pan and cool completely.
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