Pumpkin Banana Bread with Pecans Walnuts

Serves 10 in about 2 hours. An oven recipe built around eggs and chocolate chips.

Ingredients

• 2 ripe bananas
• ½ cup unsalted butter room temperature
• ½ cup brown sugar
• ½ cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• ⅓ cup pure maple syrup
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 15-ounce can pumpkin puree
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 ½ teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• ½ cup chopped pecans or walnuts

Method

1. Heat the oven to 350°F.
2. Line a 9×5-inch loaf pan with parchment paper, leaving some parchment hanging over the sides to use as handles.
3. Mash the bananas with a fork and keep it nearby.
4. In a large mixing bowl, use a hand mixer to cream together the softened butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until light and fluffy.
5. Tip in the eggs and mix until combined.
6. Stir in the maple syrup and vanilla and mix well.
7. Tip in the mashed bananas and mix until combined.
8. Stir in the pumpkin puree and mix until incorporated.
9. In a separate medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, pumpkin pie spice, and cinnamon.
10. Tip in the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Use a wooden spoon or spatula to gently mix just until combined. stop while the mix still looks a little rough.
11. If using chocolate chips or chopped nuts, gently fold them into the batter.
12. Lightly spray the lined pan with baking spray., Then transfer the batter to the prepared loaf pan and spread the top evenly with a spatula.
13. Cook at 350°F for 1 hour 10 minutes, checking the bread at 1 hour. If the top is browning too quickly, loosely tent it with aluminum foil. Continue baking until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs.
14. Lift out the loaf from the oven and let it cool in the pan for 15 minutes.
15. Use the parchment paper to lift the bread out of the pan and transfer it to a wire cooling rack to finish cooling.
16. Slice and serve plain or with butter.
17. For a warm slice, gently heat it in the microwave or air fryer before serving.

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