Brown Butter Banana Strawberry Bread

Doesn't this sound interesting? This recipe has been sitting on my self for almost 4 months and today finally was the day to pull it out. I had strawberries and bananas that needed a purpose before they hit the trash and so the stars aligned. Plus, Eric is coming today and I like to have something baked because he eats out all the time and only makes PB sandwiches when he's home. That doesn't say delicious to me but this will definitely give him that feeling!

Brown Butter Banana Strawberry Bread

Adapted from www.JoytheBaker.com

Ingredients

1 1/2 sticks butter, melted and browned to just over 1/2 c butter

2 c flour

3/4 c brown sugar

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

3/4 tsp cinnamon

2 large eggs

1 tsp vanilla

1/4 c plain yogurt or buttermilk

1 1/4 c mashed banana (I used 3 bananas)

1/2 c diced strawberries (heaping), plus 2 sliced strawberries for topping

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x5 loaf pan.

Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Butter will begin to foam and crackles as it melts. When the crackling subsides, the butter will begin to brown (this takes longer than you think, so be patient). When brown, remove from the heat and transfer to a bowl so the butter stops cooking. Set aside to cool.

In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.

In a medium bowl, combine eggs, buttermilk or yogurt, vanilla. Whisk in the mashed bananas. When butter is cool, add to the wet mixture.

Add the wet ingredients to the dry all at once. Fold together and add the strawberries. Fold in completely but try not to over mix.

Spoon batter into prepared pan and top with the sliced strawberries. Bake for 50-60 minutes or until skewer inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean. Remove from the oven and let cool for 15 minutes in the pan, then remove from pan and let finish cooling on a wire rack.

Can't wait to enjoy this one!