Dessert: Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

TIP: To ripen bananas quickly, put unpeeled bananas on baking sheet and bake at 350 ° 15 to 20 minutes or until skins have blackened. Slice skins open and scoop out banana.

This recipe includes superfoods such as:

Cinnamon

Health benefits of Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Cinnamon is one of the best ingredients that someone with insulin sensitivity can eat. Half a teaspoon of cinnamon per day has been shown to be very effective at normalizing blood sugar levels. Cinnamon contains hydroxychalcone, which is thought to enhance the effects of insulin. It has also been suggested that Cinnamon prevents post-meal blood sugar spikes by slowing the gastric emptying rate - meaning that food digests slowly. (Reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11506060).

Ingredients

3 large ripe bananas, mashed, (about 1-1/2 cups)
1 cup I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!® Spread
3/4 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 tablespoon salt
1 cup HERSHEY'S® Mini Semi-Sweet Chocolate Baking Chips

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 °. Brush 9 x 5-inch loaf pan with additional I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!® Spread; set aside.
Combine mashed banana, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!® Spread, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla in large bowl with wooden spoon. Stir in flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt until blended. Stir in HERSHEY'S® Mini Semi-Sweet Chocolate Baking Chips then spoon into prepared pan.
Bake 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 20 minutes on wire rack; remove from pan and cool completely.

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