Preheat and prepare the pan

• Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
• Grease and flour a 9x5-inch loaf pan.

Cream the butter and sugar

• In a bowl, add the butter and sugar.
• Mix until light, fluffy and well combined.

Mash the bananas

• In a separate bowl, gently smash the bananas until chunky.

Combine the wet ingredients

• Add the mashed bananas to the butter and sugar mixture.
• Crack in the eggs and mix well.

Mix the dry ingredients

• In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt.
• Add to the wet batter and mix until just combined.

Add the mix-ins

• Stir in the vanilla extract, walnuts and chocolate chips until combined.

Bake

• Pour the batter into the loaf pan.
• Bake until a toothpick comes out clean.

Cool and serve

• Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes.
• Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely before slicing.