Banana Bread Brownies Recipe
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Banana Bread Brownies Recipe
Description
This recipe features a marbled banana bread and chocolate brownie hybrid baked in a single pan. The dry ingredients include flour, baking powder, and salt, while the wet mix combines sugar, melted butter, eggs, and vanilla extract. The batter is divided: one portion incorporates cocoa powder and chopped bittersweet chocolate, and the other incorporates mashed ripe bananas.
The batters are alternately dolloped into a prepared pan and swirled with a knife for a marbled visual and flavor effect. Baking produces a moist yet slightly dense texture where chocolate and banana coexist with distinct pockets of flavor.
After baking, the cooled bars can be cut into squares and served as a dessert or snack that offers a richer alternative to traditional banana bread or brownie alone.
Ingredients
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup butter melted, 4 oz/115g
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar 12oz/340g
- 3 egg at room temperature, large
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder 2oz / 57g
- ½ cup bittersweet chocolate finely chopped, 3 oz/85 g
- 2 large bananas mashed, 10oz / 284g, very ripe