{"id":1555,"date":"2011-10-05T13:58:12","date_gmt":"2011-10-05T13:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/?p=1555"},"modified":"2012-02-19T17:46:11","modified_gmt":"2012-02-19T17:46:11","slug":"brown-butter-banana-bread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/2011\/10\/05\/brown-butter-banana-bread\/","title":{"rendered":"Brown Butter Banana Bread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div style=\"width: 300px;\" data-width=\"300\" class=\"ratio-wrap-center\"><div class=\"ratio-box\" style=\"padding-bottom: 75% !important;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1556 lazyload\" title=\"brown butter banana bread_blog\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-src=\"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/brown-butter-banana-bread_blog-300x225.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/brown-butter-banana-bread_blog-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/brown-butter-banana-bread_blog.jpg 800w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"><\/img><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Banana bread. \u00a0It\u2019s one of those things my hubby still can\u2019t believe I like. \u00a0It has something to do with the fact that I absolutely can\u2019t stand eating (or smelling!) bananas. \u00a0It\u2019s one of those weird things\u2026I mean, I shouldn\u2019t like banana bread at all\u2026but I love it! \u00a0Now, I know you\u2019ve all had banana bread before. \u00a0With nuts, without nuts. \u00a0Crumb topping, no crumb topping. \u00a0I\u2019ve tried adding different ingredients to banana bread, but none of them have really made me go \u201cwow\u201d\u2026until now\u2026 \u00a0So, what\u2019s so special about this recipe?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Brown butter. \u00a0Those two little words will change how you see and taste baking for a long time. \u00a0All you do is cook the butter in the saucepan for about 10 minutes, and you get this absolutely amazing smell throughout your home. \u00a0It\u2019s incredible. \u00a0The taste is nutty and warm and comforting\u2026it\u2019s just delicious. Please believe me, you need brown butter in your kitchen, so make this banana bread today!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Banana Bread:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 stick unsalted butter<\/li>\n<li>1-1\/2 cups flour<\/li>\n<li>Pinch of salt<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon baking soda<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>1 egg<\/li>\n<li>1 cup sugar<\/li>\n<li>2 large (or 3 small) ripe bananas, mashed<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons milk<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Crumb Topping:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/4 cup flour<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons sugar<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons light brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 teaspoon cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons unsalted butter, cold<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Instructions:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees. \u00a0Grease a loaf pan, and set aside.<\/p>\n<p>In a small saucepan, over medium-high heat, cook the butter, stirring occasionally, until it darkens. \u00a0(Do not burn it, cook it until it smells nutty.) \u00a0Once the butter has browned, remove from the heat, and cool slightly.<\/p>\n<p>While the butter is browning, combine the ingredients for the crumble in a medium bowl. \u00a0Use your hands or a fork to mix the butter into the dry ingredients until crumbly, pea-sized crumbs form. \u00a0Set aside.<\/p>\n<p>In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, baking soda, and cinnamon, and set aside.<\/p>\n<p>In the bowl of your mixer, combine the egg and sugar, and mix at medium speed until light and fluffy.<\/p>\n<p>Mix in the brown butter slowly.<\/p>\n<p>Add the mashed bananas, the milk and the vanilla extract, and mix on medium speed until combined.<\/p>\n<p>Mix in the flour mixture until combined.<\/p>\n<p>Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan. \u00a0Sprinkle the crumb topping evenly over the top of the batter.<\/p>\n<p>Bake for about 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. \u00a0Let cool before enjoying!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>Makes 1 large loaf, or 3 small loaves. \u00a0<em>Original recipe by La Casa de Sweets.<\/em><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What makes this banana bread so amazing?  Two words: brown butter!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,111,110],"tags":[229,231,230,228],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1555"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1555"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1558,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1555\/revisions\/1558"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacasadesweets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}