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Soft golden banana chocolate chip bars stacked on a plate

Banana Chocolate Chip Bars

Soft banana and chocolate dessert bars baked in an 8-inch square pan. Baking time and nutrition are estimates pending a kitchen test.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings: 16 bars
Calories: 175
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 0.5 cup mashed ripe banana 115 g
  • 0.5 cup unsalted butter 113 g; melted and cooled
  • 0.75 cup light brown sugar 150 g; packed
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1.25 cups all-purpose flour 150 g
  • 0.5 teaspoon baking powder
  • 0.25 teaspoon fine salt
  • 0.75 cup semisweet chocolate chips 128 g

Method
 

  1. Preheat a conventional oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and parchment-line an 8-inch square metal pan.
  2. Mash and measure 1/2 cup (115 g) ripe banana.
  3. Whisk lukewarm melted butter and brown sugar. Whisk in egg, vanilla and banana.
  4. Combine flour, baking powder and salt separately. Fold into wet ingredients just until no dry flour remains.
  5. Reserve a handful of chocolate chips; fold remaining chips into batter.
  6. Spread evenly in pan and add reserved chips. Bake approximately 25–32 minutes, checking from 25 minutes. Center must be set; a toothpick away from chocolate should have moist crumbs, not raw batter.
  7. Cool completely in pan on a rack. Lift out and slice into 16 equal bars.

Notes

Estimated bake window: 25–32 minutes at 350°F (175°C). Cool completely before slicing; cooling is additional to the stated prep and bake time. Recipe not yet kitchen-tested. Nutrition is an ingredient-based estimate per 1/16 of the batch.