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Brown Butter Roasted Banana Bread

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A more complex (eggless) version of your average banana bread with whole wheat flour, browned butter, sour cream and roasted bananas.

Ingredients

  • 3 whole Medium Bananas
  • ½ cups Butter
  • ¾ teaspoons Salt
  • 1 cup Brown Sugar, Packed
  • ½ cups Sour Cream
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla
  • 1 cup Cake Flour
  • 1 cup Whole Wheat Flour
  • 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Soda

Preparation

1. Roast bananas whole with the peel on for 15-20 minutes in a 350°F oven.
2. Grease an 8″ x 4″ loaf pan.
3. In a small saucepan, melt butter over medium high heat. Do not stir—instead swirl the pan and watch until it begins to foam. Once the foam begins to subside, and the butter has browned sufficiently, remove from heat and set aside.
4. In a medium sized mixing bowl, stir together brown butter, salt and sugar. It will look kind of separated. That’s okay.
5. Stir the sour cream and vanilla into the sugar/butter mix. Mash bananas and add in as well (chunks are okay!).
6. In a separate bowl, mix together the flours, cinnamon and baking soda. Stir until well combined.
7. Add the flour to the wet mix in two portions, but try not to over mix.
8. Pour into a greased loaf pan and bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour.
9. Cool 5-10 minutes in pan before turning out onto a cooling rack. Turn upright and allow to cool completely, although you will be able to cut into it while it’s still warm.
10. This bread is awesome toasted with butter, cream cheese or even Nutella.

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guiltykitchen on 9.1.2010

No they do not need to be brown, but spotted would be best.

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ManjaMamma on 8.9.2010

yum, this looks great! And my son is allergic to eggs so I am always looking for new recipes to try for him.
Do your bananas need to be brown?

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Ro on 5.10.2011

Delicious! I cut the sugar a little because I’m not a huge “sweets” person and I used plain yogurt in place of the sour cream because it’s all I had. It came out perfect and very banana-y! I’ll be making this regularly. Thanks for sharing :)

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kristen02 on 9.6.2010

I’m always on the lookout for new recipes for overripe bananas, and this one intrigued me. This bread is very good! It is moist, and I can taste the brown butter flavor. Even though I roasted three large, overripe bananas, there was only a hint of banana flavor- which was confirmed by my husband. It almost has a spice bread taste with the cinnamon.

Changes- I didn’t have cake flour or whole wheat flour. So, I used all purpose flour for both cups. In one of the measuring cups, measured 2 tablespoons of corn starch and then filled the rest of the way with the AP flour, to substitute for cake flour. The other cup was just AP flour. Turned out great, and came out looking just like the picture posted here.

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ManjaMamma on 8.10.2010

This bread is AMAZING! You can really taste the browned butter. The sour cream adds a wonderful moistness to the bread. I am excited to have another egg-free recipe that tastes GREAT. I will definately be making this again. Thank you for sharing.

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