Risa's Chocolate Banana Bread

As long as I'm at it...These are heavenly! Yum. Yum!

1. Cream together:
    1 C Soft Butter
    2 C Sugar
    4 Eggs

2. Mix in:
    6 bananas, mashed
    2 t Vanilla

3. Sift, then add to batter and mix well:
    3 C Flour
    2 t Baking Soda
    1/8 C Unsweetened Cocoa

4. Stir in:
    1 C Sour Cream
    1 C Chocolate Chips
    1/4 Bag of mini Chocolate Chips

Place in 2 greased and floured (bottom only - yes, yes the 4H way!) 9 x 5 loaf pans.  Bake at 350 Degrees for 60 to 75 minutes.

Banana Nut Bread

This is the recipe I grew up with. It was my mother's mother's recipe, so a real family recipe!

Cream:
1 C Sugar
1/2 C Shortening (I use margarine or butter now)

Add 3 Smashed bananas

Mix dry ingredients:
1 t Baking Soda
1 t Salt
2 C Flour

Alternate adding dry mixture and 1/3 C milk to the creamed banana mixture. Then add 1/2 C Crushed Nuts (I usually don't add these, but it is really good with finely crushed walnuts.)

Bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes.

Makes 2 bread loaf pans of bread.

*For fun - who doesn't like bananas and chocolate? - I add about 1/3 cup or more of mini semi-sweet chocolate chips.
* This never turns out well when you double the recipe. I used to try to do it and it never turned out and then my mother told me it doesn't work!

Enjoy!