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• Preheat the oven to 350°F (177°C).
• Before you start cooking, make sure to read the entire recipe, including the Ingredient Notes section, and examine the process photos. This detailed guide will help you understand how the recipe unfolds, ensuring your chocolate banana bread turns out perfect every time. 
• gather all ingredients and cooking equipment
  
• Lightly coat a 10-ounce ramekin with cooking spray or butter.
  
• Measure Flour and add to bowl
• Measure Cocoa powder and add to bowl
  
• measure baking soda and add to bowl
• Measure cinnamon and add to bowl
• measure salt and add to bowl
• Set this bowl aside for later use.
• On another small bowl, use a fork to thoroughly mash the banana.
• Measure sugar and add to mashed banana and mix well for 3 minutes
  

Separate Egg Yolk from Egg

• Crack the egg cleanly and evenly across the widest part of the shell on a flat surface or the rim of a bowl.
• Gently break the shell into two halves over a bowl, using your thumbs to hold the egg in both hands.
• Let the yolk settle in the lower half of the shell.
• Tilt the shells back and forth, or towards each other, to pass the yolk from one shell to the other, allowing the egg white to drip into the bowl.
• Repeat until only the yolk remains in one shell, then drop it into a banana-sugar mixture bowl.
• Add melted butter to the banana-sugar mixture
• add Vanilla Extract to banana-sugar mixture
• Blend well until all elements are uniformly integrated.
• Fold the dry ingredients into the banana mixture until fully incorporated
• Fold in the chocolate chips.
  
• Pour the batter into the prepared ramekin.
• Slide the baking sheet with the ramekin into the preheated oven. Bake for 25-30 minutes.
• Tip: You can tell if the banana bread is fully cooked if a toothpick inserted in the center of the bread comes out clean or with just a few crumbs clinging to it or if the surface of the bread springs back after you’ve lightly pressed the top of the bread with your finger.
  
• Once baking is complete, remove the ramekin from the oven. Allow it to cool for a few minutes before digging in.

Clean Up

• While bread is baking in the oven, clean all bowls, measuring spoons, and other equipment

• Turn the oven on and set the heat to 350 degrees
• using spray, grease ramekin lightly
• Chop veggies (spinach and onions, into small pieces)
• Crack the eggs into the bowl, and beat them with the fork or whisk until pale yellow
• discard egg shells in trash and wash hands
• Add veggies and cheese to bowl with eggs. MIX
• Pour egg and veggie mixture into ramekin
• carefully move the tin into the oven.
• Bake until the top is golden and the eggs are set, 20-25 minutes
• To see if the eggs are set, use pot holders to jiggle the tin back and forth: you should not see the eggs moving around as if they’re still liquid in the center.) Remove the tin carefully from the oven and set it aside to cool.
•  Serve warm or at room temperature, or cover and refrigerate up to 2 days.