Chocolate-Banana Bread

Ingredients

• 4 oz baker's chocolate unsweetened
• 1 tsp baking soda 
• 0.5 cup fully banana ripe mashed ( 1)
• 0.8 cup brown sugar packed
• 0.8 cup buttermilk 
• 0.5 cup tsp. oil divided
• 2  eggs 
• 1.3 cups flour 
• 2.5 cups banana nut grain cereal flakes whole divided
• 0.5 tsp salt 

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• oven
• wire rack
• loaf pan
• toothpicks
• microwave

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350F.
2. Microwave chocolate in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 1 to 2 min. or until chocolate is almost melted, stirring after 1 min.; stir until completely melted.
3. Mix next 3 ingredients in large bowl. Beat eggs in medium bowl; stir in melted chocolate, sugar, buttermilk, 1/2 cup oil and banana.
4. Add to flour mixture; stir just until moistened. (Batter will be lumpy.) Stir in 2 cups cereal.
5. Pour into 9x5-inch loaf pan sprayed with cooking spray. Crush remaining cereal in small bowl.
6. Drizzle with remaining oil; mix well.
7. Sprinkle over batter in pan.
8. Bake 50 to 55 min. or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 min.; remove to wire rack. Cool completely.