Brown Butter Banana Bread
A moist, deeply flavored loaf made with very ripe bananas and nutty browned butter.
- Prep
- 20 min
- Cook
- 1 hr
- Total
- 1 hr 20 min
- Serves
- 10
Contains: Milk Egg Wheat Tree nuts Worked out from the ingredient list. Check your labels.
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Ingredients
- 3 cups unsalted butter Buy unsalted butter on Amazon (opens a new tab)
- 18 very ripe bananas, about 1 1/2 cups mashed Buy ripe bananas on Amazon (opens a new tab)
- 4 1/2 cups packed brown sugar Buy brown sugar on Amazon (opens a new tab)
- 12 large eggs, at room temperature Buy eggs on Amazon (opens a new tab)
- 2 cups sour cream Buy sour cream on Amazon (opens a new tab)
- 2 tablespoons vanilla extract Buy vanilla extract on Amazon (opens a new tab)
- 10 1/2 cups all-purpose flour Buy all-purpose flour on Amazon (opens a new tab)
- 2 tablespoons baking soda Buy baking soda on Amazon (opens a new tab)
- 1 tablespoon kosher salt Buy kosher salt on Amazon (opens a new tab)
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon Buy ground cinnamon on Amazon (opens a new tab)
- 4 1/2 cups walnuts, toasted and chopped Buy walnuts on Amazon (opens a new tab)
You will need
- 9x5-inch loaf pan Shop for 9x5-inch loaf pan on Amazon (opens a new tab)
- Light-colored saucepan Shop for Light-colored saucepan on Amazon (opens a new tab)
Method
- Heat the oven to 350°F. Grease the loaf pan.
- Melt the butter in the saucepan over medium heat. Keep cooking, swirling, until it foams, the milk solids turn nut brown and it smells toasty, 4 to 6 minutes. Pour into a large bowl and cool 10 minutes.
- Mash the bananas into the butter. Whisk in the brown sugar, eggs, sour cream and vanilla.
- Whisk the flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in another bowl, then fold into the wet mixture until just combined. Fold in the walnuts.
- Scrape into the pan. Bake 55 to 65 minutes, until a toothpick in the center comes out with a few moist crumbs. Tent with foil after 40 minutes if the top darkens fast.
- Cool 15 minutes in the pan, then turn out onto a rack. Slice once it is mostly cool.
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