Bombastic Banana Bread Recipe from Simply Recipes Jazzed up by Yours Truly :)

• 3 or 4 ripe bananas, smashed
• 1/3 cup melted butter
• 1 cup sugar (can easily reduce to 3/4 cup)
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• Pinch of salt
• 1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour

METHOD

No need for a mixer for this recipe. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). With a wooden spoon, mix butter into the mashed bananas in a large mixing bowl. Mix in the sugar, egg, and vanilla. Sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture and mix in. Add the flour last, mix. Pour mixture into a buttered 4x8 inch loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour. Cool on a rack. Remove from pan and slice to serve.

In addition, I added 1/3 cup of light brown sugar, 6oz of semi-sweet chocolate chips (half of the bag), tons of cinnamon, a bit of nutmeg, couple squeezes of lemon juice, and I totally meant to throw in some walnuts but I forgot.  I sprinkled a good amount of sugar and cinnamon on top before baking.  You may want to leave the delectable treat in the oven about 15-20 minutes longer than directed above.  And I used baking PAM not butter.   YUM!

http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/banana_bread