Ingredients:

• 1½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1½ tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• ½ tsp nutmeg
• ⅔ cup sugar
• ¾ stick of butter, room temperature
• 2 large eggs
• 3 ripe bananas, mashed
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• ½ cup chopped walnuts

Vanilla Glaze (optional):

• 1½ cups confectioner’s sugar
• 2½ tbsp milk
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp butter, melted

Cooking Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°. Grease a loaf pan; set aside.
2. In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg; set aside.
3. In a large mixing bowl, beat together sugar and butter until fluffly. Add in eggs, bananas and vanilla, beating until smooth.
4. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients in 3 parts, mixing until smooth after each addition. Fold in chocolate chips and walnuts.
5. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan and bake for about 1 hour until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean. Let cool for 15 minutesin pan, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

Vanilla Glaze (optional):

1. Mix all ingredients until creamy. Drizzle over bread and let harden for 20 minutes.