Brown butter banana bread

Name: Brown butter banana bread
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 65 min
Total time: 80 min
Yield: 10 servings
Ingredients: 115 g butter; 3 very ripe bananas, mashed; 150 g brown sugar; 1 egg; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 190 g plain flour; 1 tsp baking soda; 1/2 tsp fine salt; 60 g walnuts, chopped (optional)

The usual way to use three blackening bananas, with the butter browned first for a nutty depth. Keeps for four days and freezes sliced.

Serves 10 · Prep 15 min · Cook 65 min

Ingredients

115 g butter
3 very ripe bananas, mashed
150 g brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
190 g plain flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp fine salt
60 g walnuts, chopped (optional)

Steps

Heat the oven to 175°C (350°F) and line a 23 cm loaf tin. Melt the butter in a light pan and keep cooking, swirling, until the milk solids turn amber and it smells nutty; pour into a bowl to cool slightly.
Whisk the bananas, sugar, egg and vanilla into the butter. Fold in the flour, baking soda and salt until just combined, then the walnuts.
Bake 55–60 minutes until a skewer comes out clean. Cool in the tin ten minutes, then on a rack.

RecipeBookManager editorial — original recipe, October 2026. Original content published by RecipeBookManager; reuse permission held by the app.