More rotten bananas get eaten in this house than fresh ones. The poor boy wants to help me bake something and it always needs to revolve around bananas so I can get rid of them. I suppose I should try to eat more bananas but they really only have a few decent days in them.
The perfect banana day for me is just past green, still a little crisp but slightly sweet without any graininess. As soon as there is a little brown, its over.
Our normal go to recipe is banana bread but I thought it would be best to combine my Beau's love of brownies with the bad bananas. And so into my existence grows the chocolate banana brownie!
Chocolate Banana Brownie
- 1/3 cup butter
- 6 oz chocolate
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup mashed banana
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 2/3 cup flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- pinch salt
Preheat oven 350 degrees and grease 8x8 pan.
Melt butter and stir in chocolate until liquid. In bowl, mix eggs, banana, vanilla and sugar. Stir in chocolate mixture. In separate bowl whisk flour, baking powder and salt. Stir dry ingredients into wet.
Scrape into pan and bake for 25 minutes, do not overbake.
5 comments:
DELISH!!
Does the added banana give it extra depth and softness, or make it taste banana-y?
I can't believe I've met someone as fussy about the perfect banana as me! I thought I was the only (awkward) one.
Hi VG! They are very tasty and I know that you are a banana bakin' fan too... you should veganize it.
Jess, It purposefully makes the brownies taste like chocolate banana... unlike adding applesauce or dates. The brownies taste and have a texture similar to rich chocolate banana bread.
But you will be appalled to know that I mashed up banana in my porridge this morning... hee.
Mmm, I love brownies. Especially with secret ingredients, such as the banana.
They look great!
These sound great. I would have never thought of putting bananas in brownies. Great idea.
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