Peanut Butter & Chocolate Chips Banana Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt (necessary)
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
1 cup chunky peanut butter
3/4 cup brown sugar or 3/4 cup Splenda brown sugar blend
2 large eggs
3 large ripe bananas, mashed
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup dark chocolate chips

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F.
Butter and flour a 9\"x5\" loaf pan.
Sift together first 4 ingredients in a bowl.
Combine next 3 ingredients and another bowl and beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Stir in flour mixture until just combined.
Combine bananas with lemon juice, & vanilla extract and fold into batter.
Fold chocolate chips into batter, as well.
Transfer batter to loaf pan and bake in the middle of the oven.
Bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until tester comes out clean.
Cool bread in pan on rack 10 minutes and invert onto rack to cool completely.