Ingredients:

2 cups sifted all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

6 Tablespoons unsalted butter

1/2 cup sugar

2 eggs, lightly beaten

1 cup mashed ripe bananas

1/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips

1/4 tsp. vanilla extract

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9-by-5-3-inch loaf pan.

2. Sift to combine flour, baking powder, and salt on parchment paper. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, with a mixer on medium speed. Add eggs one at a time, mixing to combine. Stir in mashed bananas and flour mixture by thirds. Fold in chocolate chips.  Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.

3. Bake until loaf starts to pull away from edges of the pan, approximately 55 minutes. Let bread cool in pan for 5 to 10 minutes, then turn it out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

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