Mashed banana makes a great addition to blondies and brownies. A few years ago, I developed a recipe for banana, hazelnut, and chocolate chunk blondies. This time around, I incorporated banana into pastry chef Nick Malgieri’s “Supernatural Brownies,” so named after he attempted to double a fudge brownie recipe but forgot to increase the flour, yielding insanely moist, chocolatey treats. In this modified version of Malgieri’s recipe, mashed banana replaces some of the butter, sugar, and egg while enhancing moisture and flavor – a supernatural baking feat if there ever was one!
Banana Brownies
1/2 cup (8 tablespoons) unsalted butter, cut into chunks
8 ounces high-quality dark chocolate (70 % cocoa content,) cut into large chunks
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1 ripe banana, mashed
3 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup whole walnuts (optional)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F, and grease or line a 10 x 10 inch baking pan with parchment paper. In a large pot, combine butter, chocolate, and sugar. Melt over low heat, stirring frequently. Remove from heat. Stir in eggs, mashed banana, vanilla, and salt until well combined. Fold in flour until just incorporated. If using walnuts, either stir in here or reserve for later, to create a decorative pattern over the surface of the brownies.
Pour batter into prepared baking pan. If you chose to reserve the walnuts, arrange them evenly over the surface and press them down slightly. Bake for around 25-35 minutes, until a fork poked in the middle comes out clean. (I found that the brownies baked faster when the walnuts were stirred directly into the batter rather than arranged over the surface.) It is better to slightly underbake these, so if in doubt remove from the oven a little early.
Set aside to cool completely before cutting into pieces. If you are able to hold off on eating the brownies, refrigerate overnight before cutting into pieces; they are especially delicious the next day, once the flavors have had a chance to solidify.
I LOVE banana and chocolate! Sounds yummy
This is such a fantastic flavor combination! Thanks for sharing this recipe and I’m following your blog for more! I just made a zucchini bread that turned out great, so I recommend trying it out too 🙂 https://thesweetworldsite.wordpress.com/2019/02/24/zucchini-bread/