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Cocoa Butter Banana Bread

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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours 15 minutes
Servings: 1 loaf
Course: Breakfast, Dessert
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 2 ripe bananas
  • 1/2 cup cocoa butter (melted)
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/3 cup whole milk
  • 1 cup vanilla sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups flour (pastry or all-purpose)
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 cup ground flax
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 cup dark chocolate (broken into small pieces)
  • 1 cup pecans (chopped)

Method
 

  1. Mash the bananas with a fork until mostly smooth. Mix the melted cocoa butter, bananas, eggs, milk, sugar, and vanilla. 
  2. Sift together the flour, baking soda, and baking powder, then stir in the flax and salt. 
  3. Stir together the dry and wet ingredients until the dry ingredients have just been moistened. Stir in the chocolate and pecans, then pour into a prepared 5"x9" loaf pan. 
  4. Bake for 75 minutes at 325ºF until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the loaf comes out clean.