Copycat Bill'S Chocolate Banana Bread

• 250 g plain all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 125 g unsalted butter, softened
• 250 g caster sugar (superfine)
• 4 ripe bananas, mashed
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 175 g good-quality dark chocolate chips or 175 g milk chocolate chips

1. Preheat the oven to 180u0b0C (350u0b0F/Gas 4).
2. Sift the flour and baking powder.
3. into a.
4. large bowl.
5. Mix the butter, sugar, banana, eggs, vanilla extract and chocolate chips in a separate bowl.
6. Add the dry ingredients and stir to combine, being careful not to overmix.
7. Pour the batter into a non-stick, or lightly greased and floured, 19 x 11 cm (71/2 x 41/2 inch) loaf tin and bake for 1 hour 15 minutes, or until the bread is cooked when tested with a skewer.
8. Leave to cool in the tin for 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool.
9. Serve in thick slices with butter.

flour, baking powder, unsalted butter, caster sugar, bananas, eggs, vanilla, chocolate chips

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/copycat-bills-chocolate-banana-bread-107363 (may not work)