
Skillet Chocolate Chip Banana Bread-Soft banana bread packed full of dark chocolate chips. It’s baked up in a iron skillet instead of a traditional loaf pan and contains no refined sugar!

Why bake banana bread in an iron skillet?
First, an iron skillet evenly distributes heat. In turn, this will bake up your bread more evenly.
Second, it’s a shorter baking time. While a 9 inch loaf pan will take you anywhere from 45 minutes to an hour for banana bread, a 9 inch skillet only takes about 25-30 minutes for baking.
Hence, you are enjoying your fresh baked banana bread considerable quicker this way and that, is definitely a good thing. 👍
Ingredients List:
- Butter
- Egg
- Vanilla
- Coconut palm sugar
- Bananas
- Flour + Salt+ Baking soda
- Dark chocolate chips
Butter: Be sure it’s softened!
Coconut Palm Sugar: If desired, this can be replaced with regular white sugar or brown sugar.
Bananas: I used 3 medium size bananas for ours. Depending on the size of your bananas, you will need about 1 cup of them mashed.
Flour: Feel free to use a combo of white and whole wheat flour, if desired. I wouldn’t recommend using all whole wheat, as it could turn out a bit denser than average.
Do I Have to Use an Iron Skillet? No. A 9-10 inch oven safe skillet will also work. See recipe card for the iron skillet I have and love.

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Skillet Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

Skillet Chocolate Chip Banana Bread-Soft banana bread packed full of dark chocolate chips. It's baked up in a iron skillet instead of a traditional loaf pan and contains no refined sugar!
Ingredients
- 1/4 butter, softened
- 1 cup coconut palm sugar
- 1 egg
- 3 medium size bananas, mashed ( approx 1 cup)
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 cups flour
- dash of salt
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips, divided
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. If using an iron skillet, melt 1 tablespoon of butter over low heat on the stove. If using a regular oven safe skillet, grease skillet well.
- In a mixing bowl, beat softened butter, sugar and egg. Then, add in bananas and vanilla. Beat until combined. Add in flour, salt and baking soda and mix until just combined. Stir in 1/2 cup of chocolate chips
- Spread batter into prepared skillet and sprinkle top with remaining chocolate chips. Bake 25-30 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Let it cool for at least 15 minutes before serving.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
10Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 299Total Fat: 6gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 21mgSodium: 93mgCarbohydrates: 57gFiber: 3gSugar: 32gProtein: 4g
All information and tools presented and written within this site are intended for informational purposes only. I am not a certified nutritionist and any nutritional information on abiggreenhouse.com should only be used as a general guideline. This information is provided as a courtesy and there is no guarantee that the information will be completely accurate
miz Helen
Saturday 23rd of January 2021
Congratulations! Your awesome post is featured on Full Plate Thursday, 520 this week. Thanks so much for sharing it with us and you have a great week! Miz Helen
Erin
Sunday 24th of January 2021
Yay! Thanks Miz Helen!
Rebecca - Glutarama
Tuesday 19th of January 2021
I recently got a skillet so was intrigued by this recipe. What a lovely idea, and it's easily made vegan and gluten free too with a few swaps so my daughter and I can eat it.
Alene
Saturday 23rd of January 2021
@Rebecca - Glutarama, what did you do to make it gluten free? I'm always afraid to convert recipes with lots of a.p. flour. Thanks!
Erin
Wednesday 20th of January 2021
Thanks Rebecca! Hope you both enjoy it!
emma fraser
Friday 15th of January 2021
Erin, I just LOVE the idea of baking in a skillet - I have never thought of that before, but I'm going to try it this weekend! Thank you for the inspiration this recipe looks perfect for cold winter days E :-)https://theoakswestsussex.wordpress.com/blog/
Erin
Sunday 17th of January 2021
Thanks Emma! Hope you enjoy it!