Chocolate-Banana Bread
- 2 cups Banana Nut Cheerios
- 34 cup sugar
- 14 cup canola oil (or 1/4 cup vegetable oil)
- 34 cup buttermilk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 egg
- 1 cup banana (2 mashed and very ripe ones)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 14 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 14 teaspoon salt
- 13 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
- 12 cup Banana Nut Cheerios
- Heat oven to 350F Spray bottom only of 9x5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
- Place 2 cups cereal in resealable food-storage plastic bag or between sheets of waxed paper; crush with rolling pin to make 3/4 cup.
- Set aside.
- In large bowl, beat sugar and oil with electric mixer on low speed until well mixed.
- Beat in buttermilk, vanilla and egg just until blended; beat in bananas.
- Stir in flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt until well mixed.
- Stir in 3/4 cup crushed cereal and chocolate chips.
- Spoon and spread evenly in pan.
- Place 1/2 cup cereal in resealable food-storage plastic bag or between sheets of waxed paper; coarsely crush with rolling pin.
- Sprinkle over batter in pan; press lightly.
- Bake 1 hour 10 minutes to 1 hour 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool 10 minutes.
- Remove from pan to cooling rack.
- Cool completely, about 2 hours.
banana nut, sugar, canola oil, buttermilk, vanilla, egg, banana, flour, cocoa, baking soda, salt, chocolate chips, banana nut
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chocolate-banana-bread-350154 (may not work)