Banana Bread Almond Twist (Print Version)
# Ingredients:
→ Nut Mix
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2 cups ground almonds
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3/4 cup white sugar
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1 large egg
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3 tablespoons melted unsalted butter
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1/2 teaspoon pure almond flavor
→ Banana Loaf
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6 ounces unsalted butter, cooked until brown (roughly 1/2 cup)
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2 cups plain flour
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3/4 cup white sugar
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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3/4 teaspoon cinnamon powder
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2 large eggs
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1 teaspoon vanilla flavor
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1/4 cup yogurt
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1 1/4 cup smooshed bananas (about 3 medium ones)
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Thin almond slices for topping
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Icing sugar for sprinkling
# Instructions:
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Beat the egg in a bowl. Add ground almonds, sugar, almond flavor and melted butter. Stir everything together until smooth. Pop it in the fridge for later.
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Put your oven rack in the middle and turn it to 350°F. Butter and flour your 9×5-inch bread tin and set it aside.
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Put butter in a pan over medium heat. It'll bubble up at first. Wait till the noise stops and the butter starts changing color. Give the pan a gentle shake now and then. Once it smells nutty and looks golden, take it off the heat and pour into a bowl so it won't burn. Let it cool down.
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Grab a big bowl and mix flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon together really well.
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In another bowl, beat eggs, vanilla, and yogurt until they're all mixed up. Add the smooshed bananas. When the brown butter isn't hot anymore, stir it in too.
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Pour all your wet stuff into the dry stuff. Gently fold it all together with a spoon. Make sure you scrape the bottom so there's no dry flour hiding there. Don't mix too much, just until everything comes together.
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Scoop half your batter into the tin. Spread half the almond mix on top. Add the rest of the batter and smooth it out. Top with leftover almond mix and sprinkle almond slices on top. Bake for 50-60 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean when you poke the middle.
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Take it out and let it sit in the tin for 15 minutes. Sprinkle some icing sugar on top, then take it out of the tin and let it cool all the way before you cut it.
# Notes:
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The cooked butter gives a rich, toasty taste that works really well with the bananas and almonds.
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Go for super spotty, dark bananas for the strongest flavor in your bread.