Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Ingredients:

• 3 medium bananas, divided
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 - 1 cup mini or regular chocolate chips

Instructions:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a 9×5 loaf pan with nonstick spray. then lightly flour.  Set aside.
• In a medium bowl mash 2 of the bananas with a fork, leaving them slightly lumpy. Slice the remaining banana thinly, and set aside.
• In a large bowl stir together the butter and sugar. Mix in the eggs and vanilla and stir until smooth. Add the sour cream, mashed bananas, baking soda, and salt, and stir until blended. Next mix in the flour until incorporated.
• Fold in the chocolate chips, and sliced banana.
• Pour batter into the prepared pan and bake for 73 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean except for melted chocolate chips of course.
• Cool in the pan for 15 minutes, and then using the parchment paper as handles, carefully lift the banana bread out of the pan to cool on a wire rack.