Chocolate Chip Banana Bars

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil adds healthy fats and is dairy-free.

chocolate chips

🥗Healthier: dark chocolate chips

💰Cheaper: chocolate bar chopped

Dark chocolate provides antioxidants.

walnuts

🥗Healthier: pecans

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Sunflower seeds are nut-free and lower in cost.

granulated sugar

🥗Healthier: coconut sugar

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Brown sugar can be less expensive and adds moisture.

Start by combining brown sugar and granulated white sugar in a bowl.

Add butter to the sugar mixture and cream them together using a hand mixer until light and fluffy.

Add 1 egg and vanilla extract to the mixture and mix until combined.

Mash ripe bananas with a fork until slightly chunky and add them to the wet mixture, mixing until incorporated.

Measure out all-purpose flour, overfilling the measuring cup and leveling it off, then add it to the mixture along with baking powder and salt.

Mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients slowly to avoid flour flying everywhere.

Once mixed, fold in chocolate chips by hand to avoid breaking them up with the mixer.

Prepare a buttered baking dish and spread the batter evenly using an offset spatula to reach the corners.

Bake in the oven until set, checking for doneness with a toothpick.

Allow to cool before cutting into bars.

Cooking Techniques

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