Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Ingredients:

• 4 oz butter (1 stick), softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 cups mashed bananas
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
  
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions:

• Grease and flour 9"x5"x3" loaf pan.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Cream butter and sugar.  Beat in mashed bananas, eggs, and vanilla.
• In a separate bowl, combine dry ingredients.  Stir into first mixture just until moistened.  Fold in chocolate chips.  
• Pour butter into prepared pan.  Bake 60-70 minutes, or until the middle springs back when gently pressed with finger.
• Cool pan on its side on a wire rack for 10 minutes.  Remove bread from pan and place right-side-up on wire rack and allow to cool completely.