I made this Banana Butterscotch Bread today while anxiously awaiting the delivery of our new dining room furniture. Compared to combining tables, chairs, and accessories (have I mentioned decorating makes me nervous?) combining flavors is easy.
In this case, it’s banana combined with toasted pecans and the uniquely sweet flavor of butterscotch morsels, which may not be the same as real butterscotch, but are special in their own way. I have to be in a certain mood to eat butterscotch morsels, but in this banana bread they turned out to be a natural complement to the rest of the flavors. Even Todd, who doesn't care much for bananas, liked this bread.
Recipe
Banana Butterscotch Bread with Toasted Pecans
Banana bread with butterscotch chips thrown in.
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cups all purpose flour 8 oz
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
- 1 large egg
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup milk
- 1 cup mashed ripe bananas
- ¾ cup pecans toasted and chopped
- ½ cup butterscotch morsels
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9x5 inch metal loaf pan and dust with flour. If you have some, line the bottom with parchment. This bread is kind of sticky.
- Mix together the flour, soda, cinnamon and salt and set aside.
- In bowl of stand mixer, beat the sugar, butter and egg. Beat in the bananas, followed by the vanilla and the milk.
- Add the flour mixture and stir until blended.
- Stir in all but 2 tablespoons of the pecans and the butterscotch morsels. Sprinkle the pecans on top of the banana bread and bake for 1 hour. After 45 minutes, lay a sheet of foil over the bread to prevent over-browning. Let bread cool in pan on a rack for about 15 minutes, then remove from pan.
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
Avril says
Excited to find a NEW banana bread recipe....I'm always on the look out for great banana bread recipes and this one looks great! I'm excited to see that you have a bunch of great BANANA recipes on your blog that I've never seen before! 🙂
Sarah says
i love banana & butterscotch together! yum 🙂
Holly says
Yum! Just made a batch of this (left out the nuts since family doesn't care for them in bread) and the butterscotch chips are a great twist on traditional banana bread. I dusted loaf pan with cocoa powder instead of flour (an Ina Garten trick that I usually just do with brownies...but why not with banana bread too?) and it added a hint of chocolate which was great too.
Thanks for another great one!
Kate M says
Thank you! I haven't been really happy with any of the banana bread recipes I've tried over the years, but this one is perfect. Our family of four blew through nearly the whole loaf for dessert tonight.
Stacie says
I made the bread but left the pecans out as I'm not a fan. This was the first time the the hubby and kids ate more of the bread than me! I didn't even take it to book club, because they wanted me to leave it at home!
Natalie (The Sweets Life) says
This is the 2nd banana butterscotch bread I've seen in blogland recently...I have butterscotch chips in my freezer...I think I'll have to give this a go 🙂
Stacie says
I was trying to figure out what to make for book club tomorrow night. I was catching up on your blog and found this recipe. I of course have 3 bananas on my counter waiting to be made into banana bread. Perfect! Thanks for giving me a great recipe!
Janice says
Anna, quick, how much milk!?! I'm just about to add the dry ingredients !
clumbsycookie says
Great Anna, I want banana bread now!
Betty @ scrambled hen fruit says
New dining room furniture? I'd love some! The banana bread sounds delicious with those toasted pecans and butterscotch bits! Thanks!
Debbie says
I just made a banana bread with butterscotch chips and won 3rd place in our local county fair! Too funny! The butterscotch really adds a nice flavor to the bread.
jacqie says
i would have never thought of adding butterscotch to banana bread. it sounds delicious & like a brand new classic combination! 😀
Debbi Does Dinner Healthy says
LOVE the addition of butterscotch to this!! Delicious!
How's the furniture? I'm not much of a decorator either. Not much of a cook either but I try. 🙂
Heather I. says
I have an opened bag of butterscotch chips that I keep snacking on and this bread would be perfect to finish them off. Toasted pecans sound really good right now, too...yum!
Pearl Lee says
banana and butterscotch - what a delicious match!