Banana-Pumpkin Bread

Inspired by a surplus of overripe bananas, I wanted to put a Halloweeny twist on some banana bread.  A quick Google search yielded this recipe for scary-good babana-pumpkin bread, so I mixed up the batter and threw in some pecans for good measure.

Because I'd used several more bananas than the recipe called for (which I balanced out with a bit of extra oatmeal), I had some batter left over when I'd filled my bread pan. Since there wasn't quite enough for a second loaf, I threw in some chocolate chips and made a batch of muffins, too.  I baked to muffins for about half the time recommended in the bread recipe.

Both the bread and the muffins came out tasting great -- chewy and moist and very flavorful -- although I have to say the muffins have been rather more popular.  Because, let's be honest, there's almost no baked good that isn't improved by the addition of a little chocolate.

And if you're wondering where the little fence around the muffin pictured above came from, check back on Tuesday for a tutorial on DIY graveyard cupcake wraps.