End of the week-treat: Banana spice bread with chocolate chips

It came again, the end of the week. This particular sunday might have seemed pretty dismal: the weather was grey as can be and the week-end was almost over. But instead it turned around to be a wonderfully cozy day to stay inside, putter around in thick wool socks and just enjoy being at home. Of course that kind of coziness calls for something good, a nice afternoon "fika" (swedish word for a small snack, often with a cup of tea or coffee). With some old bananas lying around, what could be better than baking some banana spice bread with chocolate chips! Together with a cup of tea, it'll give any day a silver lining! I made it with homemade pumpkin pie spice, you'll find that recipe below too.

Banana spice bread with dark chocolate chips

One yummy loaf
3 (over)ripe bananas
75 g vegetable oil
75 g dark muscovado sugar
225 g plain flour
1 heaped tbsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
1 tbsp pumpkin pie spice (or cinnamon)
100 g dark chocolate chips

Turn the oven on to 200 degrees C.Mash the bananas with a fork. Whist together with the oil and sugar. Combine the flour, baking powder, salt and spices and add to the banana mixture. Stir until smooth, add the chocolate chips and then pour it all into a greased loaf pan. Baka for 30-35 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. You might have to cover it ut at the end of the baking. Take the bread out of the oven, let it rest a couple of minutes in the pan and then take it out to cool on a rack.

Pumpkin pie spice

4 tsp "regular" cinnamon
1 tsp Ceylon cinnamon (you can omit this if you want to, but it has a wonderful perfumed flavor)
1 ½ tsp ground ginger
¾ tsp ground cloves
¾ tsp nutmeg
½ tsp ground cardamom

Combine all of the spices.