Brown Butter Snickerdoodle Banana Bread

This Brown Butter Cinnamon Swirl Banana Bread is soft, moist, and packed with rich brown butter flavor, sweet ripe bananas, and a delicious cinnamon sugar swirl throughout. It's an easy homemade quick bread that's perfect for breakfast, snacking, or dessert.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword Brown Butter Snickerdoodle Banana Bread

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 55

Total Time 1 10

Servings servings

Calories 381kcal

Author Erin Antoniak

Ingredients

1 stick butter ½ cup
3 medium ripe bananas mashed
2 large eggs
½ cup maple syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon

Cinnamon sugar layer:

½ cup sugar
1½ tablespoon cinnamon

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F and grease bread loaf pan with nonstick spray.
Start by browning your butter. In a saute pan, heat to medium. Add butter to pan and let melt down and crackle. Whisk continuously and often during the browning period. Browning takes about 5-7 minutes. Once it is amber brown like maple syrup, turn off heat. Pour brown butter into a small bowl and let cool for a few minutes.
While butter is cooling, whisk together bananas, eggs, maple syrup, and vanilla in a large bowl.
In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.
Add the butter to the wet ingredients mixture and stir until combined.
Slowly add in the dry ingredients, stirring until batter has formed.
In a very small bowl, mix together the sugar and cinnamon and set aside.
Pour half of the batter into a grease bread pan. Sprinkle on half of the cinnamon sugar mixture, then pour on the remaining batter, and sprinkle on the remaining cinnamon sugar mixture on top.
Bake for 50-55 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Let cool at least 30 minutes before eating.

Notes

For the best flavor and texture, use bananas that are heavily speckled with brown spots, they'll blend in easier and add more natural sweetness.
Let the brown butter cool for a few minutes before adding it to the wet ingredients so it doesn't scramble the eggs.
Store leftovers tightly wrapped at room temperature for up to 3 days, or freeze individual slices for up to 3 months.

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