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Browned Butter Banana Bread with Vanilla Bean Butter

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  • Author: Amanda
  • Yield: one 9 x 5-inch loaf 1x

Description

Decadent banana bread flavored with browned butter and with a crackly sugar crust on top!  Served with soft vanilla bean butter.

Ingredients

Scale
  • 1–1/2 sticks (6 ounces) butter, melted and browned plus 2 tablespoons (1 ounce) butter, melted and brown (reserve)
  • 2 cups (240 grams) all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup (107 grams) light brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup (43 grams) granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon (6 grams) baking soda
  • 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1–1/4 cups (about 300 grams) mashed overripe banana
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1/3 cup buttermilk
  • Turbinado sugar, for sprinkling

VANILLA BEAN BUTTER:

  • 1 stick (1/2 cup) butter, at room temperature
  • 1 tablespoon heavy cream
  • 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
  • 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise and seeds scraped
  • Splash of vanilla extract
  • Pinch of salt

Instructions

  1. Place a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 350°.  Grease or spray a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan.  Set aside.
  2. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugars, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.
  3. In a medium bowl, combine the mashed bananas and cooled brown butter, whisking to combine. Add the eggs, vanilla, buttermilk, whisking to fully combine.  
  4. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients all at once.  Gently fold together just until the flour is incorporated.  Spoon the batter into the prepared loaf pan and spread the top to even out.  Generously sprinkle with turbinado sugar.  Bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.  In the last 10 minutes of baking, spoon the reserved 2 tablespoons browned butter all over the top.  Remove from the oven and let cool for 15 minutes in the pan.  Remove and cool completely.  
  5. For the vanilla bean butter: Combine all of the ingredients in a small bowl, stirring to fully incorporate.  Serve at room temperature with the banana bread.

Notes

Inspiration: Brown Butter Banana Bread on joythebaker.com & Vanilla Bean Butter, Brunch at Bobby’s by Bobby Flay

  • Category: Breads

Find it online: https://nevernothungry.com/browned-butter-banana-bread-with-vanilla-bean-butter/