Please Welcome Katie Jane Back to Fox Hollow!
Hello dear readers of Fox Hollow Cottage.
I just saluted you. Pretend you saw it.
I bring to you today…
the Mason Jar Browned Butter Banana Bread recipe
Try saying that ten times fast.
This is the best banana bread you’ll ever taste. I know you think your Grandmother’s banana bread beats all others, or that the crumble that your uncle adds to his bread makes it superb, but put those thoughts out of your mind. This is the best banana bread you’ll ever have. End of.
TO MAKE
Preheat oven to 325* and grease some 8 oz mason jars.
You’ll need the following:
For the bread:
2/3 c. browned butter (cooled slightly)
2 2/3 c. white sugar
4 eggs
2 c. mashed bananas (four large bananas)
3 1/3 c. bread flour
½ tsp baking powder
2 tsp baking soda
1 ½ tsp salt
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground cloves
For the crumble:
3 tlbs butter, softened
5 tlbs flour
4 tlbs brown sugar
Cream together the browned butter and sugar. Add the eggs and mashed bananas. In a separate bowl, sift the bread flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and cloves. Add this to the banana mixture. For the crumble, simply mix the crumble ingredients together. It really isn’t so much of a crumble as a mush ball, but it tastes delectable anyway.
Now! To fill the mason jars:
Fill a piping bag with the dough. Pipe the dough into the mason jars, filling about three quarters of the way. Then put some crumble on top. Do this with the rest of the mason jars until you run out of the batter. This can also be made into muffins, just fill the muffin pans about three quarters as well. Put crumble on top, bake for 35 minutes if you’re using the jars, 20 minutes if muffins. They should be golden brown-ish, except for the tops.
NOW FOR A STORY OF HOW I FAILED.
Before making these, I had to brown butter, for obvious reasons. After I browned the butter, I did all of the stuff above and yada yada, then put the bread in, but AFTER all of this is when it happened. I took the jars out of the oven and set them on top of the stove to cool. After about twenty minutes I went to move them off of the burner so I could replace them with more jars that had just finished. When I moved the first jar, however, there was a loud crack! and a sliver of what looked like an icicle running up the side. I, completely bewildered, went to inspect the glass as to how it could have broken when I simply moved it across the counter top. Upon doing this, I leaned over the stove and felt the warmth radiating up to my neck. Apparently, the burner was still on from making the butter. Apparently, the glass jar didn’t like being moved from a very hot burner to a very cold stove top. Apparently, Katie is a failure.
And I may have eaten my entire weight in some of the banana batter.
And frosting (which is what is on top of the banana bread, since we didn’t have whipped cream).
Woohoo.
Oh and also, I made my mother cry from her amazing birthday present.
No but seriously, these are really good.
Farewell, mes amis.
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I know my sweet tooth is calling out for a taste now!
At least a finger full of frosting… come on.
renee whitley says
I’ve been baking zucchini nut bread in mason jars for years. The guys take them hunting. My bread has lasted up to two yrs.like this.
karen says
you poor thing! Ugh, leaving the burner on is something I would totally do! I think Mark wouldn’t ask me for another thing for months if I made this for him. Yum!
Katie Jane says
The burners should just learn to turn themselves off, I mean really.
Jann Olson says
O.k., Am I the only dumb blonde that has never heard of browned butter? You mean you actually brown it? I would think it would just melt. Help me out here please! Not only does this look delish, but darn cute to boot!
hugs,
Jann
Shannon at Fox Hollow Cottage says
I will forward this to the chef. I know you can brown butter. But I could not tell you how!! It’s Friday, stop asking me hard questions. LOL!!!
Katie Jane says
Hello! Sorry this is a bit late.
To brown butter it has to melt! You put it in a saucepan over medium-low heat (medium heat if you’re skilled), and CONTINUOUSLY whisk it. It’s probably better to use a light colored pan so you can see the color of the butter. The butter may start to foam and you’ll start to see little brown specks (or dark yellow at first) at the bottom of the pan. You must keep stirring until it gets an auburn/caramel color and gives off a nutty scent. I’ve heard that if you burned it you’ll be able to tell (I haven’t ever burnt mine, though, so I can’t tell you if this is true), so you’ll know if you’ve cooked it too long.
Thanks!
debbiedoos says
How could this be bad..mason jars and all! What a neat recipe. Thanks for sharing Katie and Shannon!
Katie Jane says
It’s delicious. You’re welcome and thank you!
Shelia says
Oh, yummy! I need some of that delicious looks banana bread! I’m going to have to try this. I get the most wonderful recipes from bloggers! Who needs a cookbook anymore? 🙂
Be a sweetie,
Shelia 😉
Katie Jane says
This is most definitely true. I barely ever use a cookbook, instead I use Pinterest!