Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
Equipment
Ingredients
Main Ingredients
ripe bananas (ripe)
3 piece
unsalted butter (unsalted)
127 g
large egg (room temperature)
1 piece
brown sugar
165 g
white sugar
50 g
all-purpose flour
188 g
baking soda
5 g
baking powder
2.5 g
salt
3 g
cinnamon
2.6 g
vanilla extract
5 ml
semi-sweet chocolate chips
180 g
Instructions
Brown the butter
Heat butter in a saucepan until it turns golden brown with a nutty aroma
Cool the browned butter
Place browned butter in freezer for 5 minutes to cool slightly
Mash bananas and mix wet ingredients
Mash bananas until mostly smooth, then whisk in browned butter, sugars, egg, and vanilla
Add dry ingredients
Add flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon to the wet mixture
Fold in chocolate chips
Fold about 1 cup of chocolate chips into the batter
Preheat oven
Preheat oven to 175°C
Prepare loaf pan
Line or grease a loaf pan and pour in the batter
Bake the bread
Bake for 60 minutes, covering with foil halfway through to prevent over-browning
Check for doneness
Insert toothpick into center - it should come out with moist crumbs, not wet batter
Cool and slice
Let cool slightly, then slice and enjoy
Original recipe
Storage
Wrap tightly in plastic wrap or store in airtight container. Toast slices for best texture after storage.
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