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brown butter banana bread
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Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

This brown butter banana bread is rich, moist, and loaded with chocolate chips. One step — browning the butter — gives every slice a nutty, bakery-worthy depth.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 4 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 24 minutes
Servings: 10 Slices
Course: Breads
Calories: 320
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • ½ cup 113g salted butter
  • 3 ripe bananas mashed
  • ¾ cup 165g brown sugar
  • ½ cup Greek yogurt or sour cream
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 cups 250g all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • ¾ tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • Optional: 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 cup chocolate chips
Optional for topping:
  • 2 thin strips cold butter
  • Extra chocolate chips
For serving:
  • Butter
  • Flaky sea salt

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and line loaf pan.
  2. Brown butter over medium heat until golden and nutty. Cool slightly.
  3. Whisk flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon.
  4. Mix bananas, brown sugar, yogurt, eggs, and vanilla into brown butter.
  5. Add dry ingredients and mix until just combined.
  6. Fold in chocolate chips.
  7. Pour batter into loaf pan.
  8. Run knife down center and add butter strips if desired.
  9. Top with extra chocolate chips.
  10. Bake 60–65 minutes until golden and fully baked.
  11. Cool before slicing.
  12. Serve warm with butter and flaky sea salt.