Preheat and prepare the pan

• Preheat the oven to 175 °C.
• Grease the loaf pan.

Mash the bananas

• Peel the ripe bananas and mash them in a bowl until smooth.

Mix the wet ingredients

• Add the melted butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla extract to the bananas.
• Whisk until well combined.

Add the dry ingredients

• Add the flour, baking soda and salt.
• Fold gently until just combined, without overmixing.

Fold in the chocolate chips

• Fold the chocolate chips into the batter.

Bake the banana bread

• Pour the batter into the loaf pan and smooth the top.
• Bake until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.

Cool and serve

• Let the banana bread cool in the pan for a few minutes.
• Turn out onto a rack and slice.