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 and sugar to the bananas and whisk together.
• Whisk in the eggs and vanilla extract 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 through 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 unmould

• Let the loaf cool in the pan for a few minutes.
• Turn it out onto a cooling rack and let it cool completely.

Serve

• Slice the banana bread and serve with a little butter.