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Brown Butter Banana Bread with Brown Butter Glaze
This brown butter banana bread is everything you love about classic banana bread, just way more flavorful! Made with rich, nutty brown butter and overripe bananas, it’s incredibly moist, tender, and packed with deep, caramelized flavor in every bite. Topped with a simple brown butter glaze, this one-bowl recipe is easy to make and guaranteed to impress. Whether you're baking for breakfast, dessert, or just trying to use up ripe bananas, this is the best brown butter banana bread you'll ever make!
👥 8 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 15m⏳ Prep: 25 min🔥 Cook: 50 min👤 Cambrea Gordon📖 cambreabakes
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- pan
- oven
- bowl
- whisk
- knife
- microwave
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Preheat the oven to 350°F/ Line a metal 9x5 loaf pan with parchment paper to hang over both sides.
2
Cook the butter in a stainless steel pan until it smells nutty and has amber-colored milk solids. Immediately scrape the browned butter into a heatproof bowl, reserving 3 tablespoons for the glaze. Chill the remaining brown butter in the freezer while measuring the other ingredients (aim for warm but not scalding hot butter for the batter).
3
Whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Set aside.
baking soda1 teaspoon
4
Whisk together the mashed banana, brown sugar, and granulated sugar. Then whisk in the eggs, sour cream, vanilla extract, and brown butter.
large eggs (room temperature)2vanilla extract1 tablespoonteaspoons vanilla extract1/4
5
Whisk the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until just combined.
6
Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and drag a butter knife through the center in a straight line. Bake for ⏱️ 50-60 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the center comes out covered in a few moist crumbs.
7
Let the pan cool on a wire cooling rack for ⏱️ 20 minutes, then lift the parchment to remove it from the pan. Let it continue cooling completely on the rack while you make the glaze.
8
Whisk together the powdered sugar, reserved brown butter (if it has solidified, gently warm it in the microwave for ⏱️ 10-20 seconds until liquid), milk, and vanilla extract until smooth.
powdered sugar1 cupvanilla extract1 tablespoonteaspoons vanilla extract1/4
9
Once completely cool, pour the brown butter glaze over the loaf. Let the glaze set for ⏱️ 15-20 minutes, then cut into 9-10 slices with a serrated knife. Enjoy!
10
You can add 1/2 cup of chocolate chips or chopped nuts to the batter before baking if desired! Store leftover slices in an airtight container for up to 1 week in the fridge. If stored at room temperature, the glaze will start to melt after 1-2 days which is why I recommend storing it in the fridge. To freeze, wrap each slice in plastic wrap then store them in an airtight container in the freezer for up to 1 month.
Nutrition Facts
calories
350 kcal
fat Content
16 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
1 g
sugar Content
31 g
sodium Content
306 mg
protein Content
4 g
trans Fat Content
1 g
cholesterol Content
74 mg
carbohydrate Content
48 g
saturated Fat Content
10 g
unsaturated Fat Content
5 g
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