Banana Brownie

For a hallway dinner, I figured I should try and do something with the bananas I had left in the fruit basket. I wasn't really in the mood for banana bread, though, so I thought I would try and tweak my brownie recipe into one that would incorporate bananas.

I used mashed bananas instead of the applesauce, and added whatever chocolate I had left in my baking ingredients storage (which turned out to be mostly dark chocolate, with a small bit of white chocolate chips).

Dipping the bottom of the 12 banana slices in some flour kept them from sinking during the baking process. I also sprinkled some granulated cane sugar on top of the slices so that they would caramelize a bit, as well as to keep them from drying out.

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RECIPE

  Ingredients (for a loaf pan)

• 3/4 cup (94 g) flour
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• pinch of salt
• less than 1/4 cup (~30 g) cane sugar
• 1 1/2 (~70 g) mashed banana
• 1 packet vanilla sugar
• 3 tbs hot water
• pinch of instant decaf/coffee
• 200 g chocolate
• 3 tbs (28 g) butter
• 1/2 banana, for topping

  Procedure

1. Preheat oven 180°C. 
2. Oil and flour a loaf pan.
3. Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl, and set aside.
4. In a microwaveable bowl, put chopped chocolate and butter. Melt 30 seconds at a time in a microwave until the chocolate appears partly melted. Stir until smooth.
5. In a large mixing bowl, whisk mashed banana, vanilla sugar, and sugar until melted.
6. Add hot water and instant decaf/coffee.
7. Add in the melted chocolate and mix well.
8. Fold in the dry ingredients.
9. Pour into pan. Slice the half banana, and dip one side in some flour before putting on top of the batter. Sprinkle some sugar on top of each slice.
10. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out dry.
11. Cool and enjoy with some ice cream or whipped cream (or both)~