Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

1/3 cup butter or stick margarine, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 cup mashed bananas
2 cup all purpose flour
2-1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup pecans or walnuts, chopped
1/2 cup chocolate chips, or to taste
1/2 cup buttermilk

Preheat oven to 350º F.

Cream butter and sugar. Mix in egg and banana.

Stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nuts and chocolate chips. Add this mixture
to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Stir until just blended.

Pour batter into a greased and floured 9" loaf pan.

Bake for 65 minutes, or until bread tests done. Cool in pan for about 5 minutes, then turn out onto
a wire rack.

Makes: 1 loaf