Gluten Free Brown-Butter Banana Bread Recipe

Gluten Free Brown-Butter Banana Bread Recipe

GLUTEN FREE BROWN BUTTER BANANA BREAD RECIPE has browned butter and caramelized brown sugar on the topping of the bananas to give this bread a decadence you usually don’t get in a banana bread. I also use chopped chocolate to allow larger pieces of chocolate to enjoy with each bite. This will soon become one of your favorite breakfast bread recipes.

WHY DO YOU WANT TO MAKE MY GLUTEN FREE BROWN BUTTER BANANA BREAD RECIPE

It is a fact that you should have frozen loaf bread in your freezer at all times!
Not really, but I advise it. That way you have the perfect homemade pastry on hand for guests, or for a friend when they need a little sweetness to liven up their day, or because you need it!

WHY I CREATED THIS RECIPE

I have been enjoying browning butter and using it in place of butter in baked goods to see how it enhances a recipe. Brown butter is regular butter that has been cooked just long enough to toast the milk solids found in the butter. All you’re doing is cooking the butter just a tiny bit past the melting point. By doing this, you create this magical nutty flavor that you just don’t get with regular melted butter.

Butter, Banana, and Chocolate sounded mighty delicious to me, so I figured let’s make it happen.

HOW TO MAKE GLUTEN FREE BROWN BUTTER BANANA BREAD RECIPE

The hardest part of this recipe is browning the butter, and once you brown butter once, you will realize it isn’t as hard as it sounds. If you have dogs in your house, they will clamor around you while browning your butter, because it smells yummy!

All you’re doing is cooking the butter just a tiny bit past the melting point. By doing this, you create this magical nutty flavor that you just don’t get with regular melted butter. As the butter melts it starts to foam. It will then start to darken to a light brown color.

As I say, cooking and baking is part reading a recipe, part using your eyes, but most importantly your nose. When browning your butter, when you smell that terrific nutty flavor. Your butter is done. Immediately remove it from the heat source.
Let butter cool a bit and then run through a sieve into a small bowl. You want to avoid those brown bits at the bottom of the pan.

More extensive explanation of Basic Techniques on How to Brown Butter here

Once you have your butter done, this is a simple recipe to bring together. You could do this without an electric mixer, just use your muscles and a spatula to blend wet and dry ingredients.

The other key to the success of this recipe is using dark chocolate bar vs. dark chocolate chips. I wanted bigger pieces of chocolate in the recipe so that I was guaranteed that flavor in every bite.

To make the bread a little prettier and decadent I added a sliced whole banana topped with a sprinkle of brown sugar for some caramelization.

This is a dense batter and needs the time to bake, 55-60 minutes. The top of this bread will darken and rise. Don’t take it out too soon or you will end up with runny bread. Also, don’t stick it in the top of the oven to bake or your bread will be hard and unpleasant to eat.

If you can enjoy a slice of this baked bread with your favorite tea, or cup of coffee. But it is also great with a cold glass of your favorite milk.

Store wrapped tight on the counter overnight to slice and enjoy in the morning, or store tightly wrapped in the refrigerator for 3-5 days or frozen for months.

How to Freeze a Half Loaf: Slice the cooled loaf in half. Wrap it in foil. Place the foil wrapped loaf in a zip-top bag, remove as much air as possible, and place it in the freezer.
More tips on how to freeze Banana Bread here