Brown Butter Coconut Banana Bread
Makes 1 loaf
Equipment
- Large Bowl
- Whisk
- Medium bowl
- Loaf pan
- Parchment paper
- Wire rack
Ingredients
Wet
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- 3 very ripe bananas riper the better!
- ¼ cup unsweetened coconut cream thick cream part only
- 2 tsp vanilla
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup dark brown sugar plus more for topping
- 2 eggs room temperature
Dry
- 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- ¼ tsp cinnamon
To Bake
- butter or cooking spray
- unsweetened desiccated coconut flakes
- 1 banana peeled and halved, if desired
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350ºF.
- In a medium pan over medium-low heat, add butter and melt. Continue to cook, stirring constantly, until butter has browned. Be careful not to burn the butter! Remove from heat.
- In a large bowl, mash the 3 very ripe bananas until smooth, but still slightly chunky.
- Add the browned butter (it will be warm still), coconut cream, and vanilla into the bowl with the bananas and mix until combined. Mix in both sugars.
- Whisk in one egg at a time, working quickly to incorporate, in case the butter mixture is still hot. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, sift together all of the dry ingredients.
- Fold dry ingredients into wet until just moistened. Be careful to not over-mix! A few lumps are ok.
- Line a loaf pan with parchment and grease with butter or cooking spray.
- Pour batter into pan and spread out evenly.
- Sprinkle the top all over with coconut flakes. Top with banana halves, if using.
- Sprinkle the banana with a bit of brown sugar.
- Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean, about 60-70 minutes. A few moist crumbs are ok!
- Let cool in the pan 10 minutes. Carefully remove from pan and let cool completely on a wire rack. Enjoy!
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It’s the best banana bread I’ve ever made period, it’s soft on the inside and the crunchy sugary outside layer is my favorite part.
thank you!
This is THE BEST banana bread recipe. I try a new recipe for banana bread every time I make it because I am never happy with the results. Years of searching for the perfect banana bread recipe and I found it. This is everything you could want in banana bread. Thank you Hailee for the delicious recipe. My search is officially over.
This banana bread is really a great reflection of your cooking, Hailee – refined, intentional and so lovely. Thank you so much for sharing all your cooking videos on YouTube and this blog. You’ve really inspired me and my cooking!