Course: Breakfast, Snack
Cuisine: American, Southern
Keyword: bananas, browned butter, butter, chocolate chips, gluten free, gluten free flour, King Arthur's Measure for Measure gluten free flour, sour cream
Interestingly, browning the butter lends a wonderful, rich, nutty taste to the banana bread without having to add nuts. But if you're a nut lover, for sure add your favorite nuts to the batter - toast and then rough chop them before adding.
If you're not a chocolate fan, omit the chips.
As an alternative to the sour cream, plain greek yogurt would work. If using lowfat versions your banana bread will have a drier crumb.
If you use a 1/2 cup and 1/2 teaspoon measuring cups/spoons, you’ll lessen the amount of clean up you have.
I generally like to err on the side of slightly underbaking cakes and brownies to get a more moist outcome but, after some trial and error, I learned it’s important to fully bake the banana bread to avoid a mushy, more wet-like end-product.