Banana Nut Brownies
(modified very slightly from this Taste of Home recipe)
INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup butter, very soft
1 cup sugar
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 tablespoon milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup ripe bananas, mashed (around 3 medium-sized)
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9-inch square baking pan and set aside.
In a medium bowl, combine butter, sugar and cocoa. Stir in eggs, milk and vanilla. Sift
together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Add flour mixture to batter in two batches, stirring after
each addition. Stir in bananas, then
fold in nuts and chocolate chips.
Pour batter into the prepared baking pan, and bake 40-45
minutes until the top springs back/stays firm when tapped lightly. Cool in pan before serving (or be very
careful of the chocolate chips, which will have turned liquid and extremely
hot).
This recipe makes a lovely pan of brownies, and although
they are rich, they also have that hint of ‘lightness’ that the fruit brings to
the table. I took photos and then
told my roommates they were free game.
The brownies were gone by the following morning.
Recommended for: fans of brownies, anyone with overripe
bananas and a chocolate craving, and for an easy, family-friendly dessert to
end any meal.
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12 comments:
LOL, chocolate does have a way of taking complete control! Love the idea of bananas in my brownies.
Thanks -- it's nice to find other ways to use those ripe bananas. Don't mind when chocolate takes over -- don't mind at all :)!
Oh wow, banana brownies. I am pinning this one.
Banana and brownie - fab idea! Cheers from Carole's Chatter
These look seriously delicious!
Ooh, I love banana bread with chocolate chips. Never thought of making a brownie version with cocoa powder. Yum!
Wow! I've of course made banana bread but never banana brownies. These sound awesome and I have some ripe bananas right now. Hummmm. Sunday treat?
Hi Cecilia,
We both love bananas, but have found over the last few months, that no matter where we store them, after just a couple of days they are starting to go brown, then neither of us will eat them and they generally get recycled ... Yes we do food recycling here in Somerset, UK! ...
In fact I have noticed that the bananas are actually wet when I am buying them from the store, so I can only assume that they are being kept in cold storage to prolong their storage life, when everyone knows that you should never store bananas in a cold place.
Anyway, rant over ... I love bananas, nuts, chocolate and brownies, so this is an excellet recipe I shall be saving as a great way to bring all my favourite things together .... bring on those brown bananas!
Thanks for sharing and have a relaxing Sunday,
Yvonne
I think your recipe is taking control of me. Must do some baking this afternoon!
Sounds yummy! Now I'm wishing we had some brown bananas so I could make this today! :)
Those look so good! We put chocolate chips in pumpkin bread; I might try putting them into banana bread. I'm not a big banana fan, but I think I might try this brownie recipe!
I wish I'd seen this post before I turned my overripe bananas into banana bread this weekend! (However, I did get the texture perfect this time, so that's okay. It tasted underspiced, but that might be because last time I made it I had fresh nutmeg to grate. Fresh spices make such a difference.
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