Or, if you want to get technical, banana bread.  But every time I make banana bread I think, "Isn't this basically the ingredients for cake?"

Is it just me?

Anywho... I had some pretty unrecognizable old brown banana's laying around so I figured I better make some bread now that hubby got the stove all fixed. *my hero*

My MIL picked up these cute mini loaf pans for me.  I heart them.

I made three different kinds.

And used a fantastic base recipe. (below)

I separated it into three batches... kept one plain, added white chocolate chips to another, then heath chips to the last.

Here is the best base banana bread recipe I have ever tried. (say that three times fast)

Directions:

In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar. Stir in eggs,mashed bananas, and vanilla until well blended. Stir banana mixture into flour mixture; stir just to moisten. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.

Bake at 350 in preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes for mini loafs (60-65 for regular size pan), until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then place on a wire rack.

We could not get enough of the white chocolate chip version.  For some reason (long baking time?) the chips melted almost completely and dispersed themselves evenly throughout the loaf... so there was the subtle smooth banana flavor then a little hit of sweet light chocolate.  

Amazing.

Seriously amazing.  I cannot recommend it enough.

Make it for mom.  Ya know.  For Mothers Day. :)

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