Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

...and yes, it's a yummy as it sounds...

1 1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 eggs
1 1/2 cup mashed ripe bananas
1/2 cup buttermilk (i just used milk tho)
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 cup nuts if desired
a couple hands full of chocolate chips. probably about 1/2 to 3/4 cups

Move oven rack to low position so tops of pans will be in center of oven. heat to 350°. grease bottoms only of 2 loaf pans.

Mix sugar and butter in large bowl. stir in eggs until well blended. add bananas, milk and vanilla. beat until smooth. sitr in flour, baking soda and salt just until moistened. stir in nuts and chips. Pour into pans.

Bake 8-inch loaves about 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. cool about 2 hours before slicing. or, do like i did and burn your fingers while trying to pry it out of the pan straight from the oven, then spend 10 minutes scraping the bits out of the pan and eating them right away, thus scorching your tongue too.