Banana/Strawberry/White Chocolate Chip Bread

One of my favourite desserts is banana bread. The other day I came across this recipe so I had to try it because it looked so DELICIOUS :) The recipe called for raspberries but I didn't have any so I used strawberries instead, I think you could really use a variety of berries and it would taste great.

(This picture was taken a while after I made this bread so the strawberries were a little soggy)

1 c. flour

1 c. whole wheat flour
2/3 c. white sugar
1 T. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
2 eggs
2 ripe bananas, mashed
1/4 c. vanilla yogurt
1/4 c. canola oil
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. fresh raspberries (I used strawberries which I cut into small pieces)
3/4 c. white chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350F. Spray loaf pan with cooking spray (I used 3 mini loaf pans). In a bowl combine the flours, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In another bowl, mix the eggs, bananas, vanilla yogurt, oil, and vanilla until well combined. Slowly add the flour mixture to the wet mixture until well blended. Fold in white chocolate chips then add most of the raspberries (I used strawberries) and fold them gently into the mixture as well. Pour the batter into the loaf pan then push the remaining raspberries (strawberries) into the top of the loaf. Bake in the oven for 55-60 minutes (It only took 45 minutes for the mini loaves) or until a tester comes out of the center clean. Let the bread cool and ENJOY :)

I think next time I make this recipe I will try another kind of berry and maybe not use the brown flour. I really like brown flour but I think my husband prefers just the white. I maybe even just use this idea with my usual banana bread recipe too and see how that turns out.

Banana Bread

So I REALLY LOVE banana bread, it's one of my favourite desserts, probably because I love bread in general. I have a recipe that I use all the time and it tastes pretty good and all the guys at Steve's office seem to love it. The last couple of times I've made it I have added a little cinnamon in there but Steve wasn't a fan, I was though. I tried a new recipe the other day, this one called for chocolate chips on the top which my kids thought was GREAT! I think they loved it just because of that. Steve thought it was ok but still preferred the other one I made. Today I thought I would try another recipe, this one is from the school cookbook and is of my friends recipe's. I made 4 small loaves and one bigger loaf. I added cinnamon to the bigger loaf and I added chocolate chips to the top of 2 of the small loaves and half of the big one. Crazy I know but I wanted to see what we liked best.
1 c. butter (once again I used margarine because I'm cheap)
2 c. sugar
2 tsp. vanilla
2 tsp. lemon juice
4 eggs
2 c. mashed bananas (approx. 3)
1 c. sour cream
3 1/2 c. flour
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. baking powder
1 c. nuts, optional (I didn't add these. I love nuts but Steve isn't a fan)
*I added about 1 tsp. cinnamon to about 1/3 of the mixture

Cream together butter, sugar, vanilla, lemon juice, eggs, bananas and sour cream. Mix in flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder and nuts. Pour into 3 separate greased loaf pans (I used 4 mini loaf pans and 1 bigger pan). Bake at 350F for 35-55 minutes, depending on loaf size. *Recipe provided by Angie Tamayo*

This bread is SUPER moist and REALLY delicious, I think I might have found a new banana bread recipe, YUMMY!