Maple Chocolate Banana Bread from Taylor King

• ½ cup maple syrup

• ⅓ cup softened butter

• 2 eggs

• 1 ½ cups (3-4 medium) overly ripe, mashed bananas

• 2 tablespoons water

• 1 tsp vanilla extract ****May substitute with 1 tsp Vanilla Bean Infused Maple Syrup*****

•1 ⅔ cups all purpose flour (or Bob’s red mill 1-to-1 gluten free flour)

• 1 tsp baking soda (2 tsp if using gluten free flour)

• ½ tsp salt

• ¼ tsp baking powder (½ tsp if using gluten free flour)

• chocolate chips (measure with your heart!)

Preheat oven to 350°. Grease loaf pan. Mix butter and maple syrup together, then mix in eggs until blended. Add in mashed bananas, water, and vanilla - beat for 30 seconds. Add in remaining ingredients except for chocolate chips until just combined. Fold in chocolate chips.

Pour into loaf pan and bake until a toothpick comes out clean - start with 50 min, then add time as needed (usually ends up being 55-60 min). Let cool for 10 minutes before loosening sides of loaf from pan with knife; remove from pan. Cool completely before slicing.

Taylor King