Brown Butter Banana Bread
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup (113 g) butter
- 3 very ripe bananas, mashed
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon (optional)
Optional add-ins:
- Dark chocolate chunks
- Walnuts or pecans
- Espresso powder
- Sea salt on top
How to Make It
1. Brown the butter
Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat.
Cook until it foams, then turns golden brown and smells nutty. Stir often so the milk solids don’t burn.
You’re looking for:
- amber color
- toasted aroma
- brown specks at the bottom
Let cool slightly.
2. Mix wet ingredients
Whisk together:
- browned butter
- mashed bananas
- eggs
- brown sugar
- vanilla
3. Add dry ingredients
Fold in:
- flour
- baking soda
- salt
- cinnamon
Do not overmix.
4. Bake
Pour into a greased loaf pan.
Bake at:
- 350°F / 175°C
- about 50–60 minutes
A toothpick should come out with a few moist crumbs.
Tips
- The riper the bananas, the better.
- Let it rest 15 minutes before slicing.
- Brown butter + dark chocolate is especially good.
- Tastes even better the next day.