\n- Preheat oven to 350\u00ba, grease a 9″ x 5″ loaf pan, set aside.<\/li>\n
- In a large bowl, melt butter and mash bananas. Whisk in egg, light brown sugar, vanilla, baking soda, and salt.<\/li>\n
- Stir in 1 cup of flour until well combined. Divide batter in two bowls. In one bowl, add the additional 1\/4 cup of flour and cinnamon. In the other, add the cocoa powder and chocolate chips.<\/li>\n
- Drop large dollops of batter in prepared pan – banana, chocolate, and banana. On top of that, chocolate, banana, and chocolate. Using a butter knife make two figure eights in the batter.<\/li>\n
- Bake for 55 to 65 minutes, testing with a toothpick. Lets cool in pan for 15 minutes, then turn out on a wire rack.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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