ellie's banana bread :3

ingredients:

- 2 cups all purpose flour (king arthur's best imo)
- 4 very ripe bananas (i don't measure but it should amount to at least two cups)
- 1 cup brown sugar
- vanilla extract (i don't measure this, but like a few splashes should suffice)
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 stick sweet butter (melted)
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup hot chocolate mix (i prefer sillycow's sea salt caramel :D)
- chocolate chips! although not necessary

directions:

1. preheat oven to 350°f, lightly grease 9x5in loaf pan (you can just use a little of the melted butter)
2. you'll need two bowls for this! in the first bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, and salt
3. in the second bowl, whisk the melted butter, brown sugar, vanilla extract, and hot chocolate mix until thoroughly combined and smooooth
4. once smooth, add the eggs and bananas (you can just mash with a whisk as you go)
5. once it's well-blended, add in the flour mixture in the wet batter and mix
6. add chocolate chips if desired :)
7. pour batter into pan
8. bake in oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about an hour. with my breville it's 1 hour and 5 minutes exactly
9. let the loaf cool and then turn it out onto a wire rack to cool completely!!
10. yay!! <3