Banana Bread Brownies

Total Time Prep: 20 min. Bake: 35 min. + cooling
Yield 15 brownies
Test Kitchen Approved
Four bananas and good cocoa powder make our banana bread brownies live up to their name. Take them to a whole new level of decadence by including chocolate chips or swirls of Nutella.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter, melted, cooled
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3 tablespoons baking cocoa
  • 2 large eggs, room temperature, lightly beaten
  • 1 tablespoon 2% milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup mashed ripe bananas (2-1/2 to 3 medium)
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
  • BANANA LAYER:
  • 1 medium ripe banana, mashed
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup butter, melted, cooled
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • Confectioners' sugar, optional

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°. For the chocolate layer, in a bowl, combine butter, sugar and cocoa. Stir in eggs, milk and vanilla. Blend in flour, baking powder and salt. Stir in bananas and walnuts.
  2. Line a greased 13x9-in. baking pan with parchment; grease parchment. Pour in chocolate batter.
  3. For the banana layer, in a separate bowl, combine mashed banana, sugar and melted butter until smooth. Blend in flour, baking soda and salt until combined. Drop by spoonfuls over brownie layer. Swirl with a knife.
  4. Bake until a toothpick comes out with moist crumbs, 35-40 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into bars. If desired, dust with confectioners' sugar just before serving.

Nutrition Facts

1 brownie: 280 calories, 13g fat (6g saturated fat), 49mg cholesterol, 215mg sodium, 39g carbohydrate (23g sugars, 2g fiber), 4g protein.

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