Banana Bread with Greek Yogurt & Chocolate Chips

Instructions

1. Brown the butter. Melt the butter in a light-colored saucepan over medium heat. Swirl occasionally as it foams, then browns — about 5 to 7 minutes, until it smells nutty and you see browned bits on the bottom. Pour into a bowl right away to stop the cooking, and let cool for about 10 minutes before using.
   Butter
2. Preheat & prep pan. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9x5-inch loaf pan with butter or baking spray.
3. Whisk dry ingredients. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt.
   Flour Baking soda Salt
4. Combine wet ingredients. To the mashed bananas, add the brown sugar. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Mix in the browned butter, Greek yogurt, and vanilla.
   Bananas Brown sugar Eggs Butter Greek yogurt Vanilla
5. Add dry ingredients. Add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture and mix with a spoon — not the stand mixer — until just combined (you shouldn't see any more flour). Overmixing will make the loaf dense.
6. Fold in chips. Fold in the chocolate chips.
   Chocolate chips
7. Fill the pan. Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan.
8. Bake. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted into the center comes out clean.
9. Cool. Let cool in the pan for 20 minutes, then remove and finish cooling on a wire rack.

Note Let the brown butter cool before mixing it in — hot butter can scramble the eggs. Use full-fat Greek yogurt, too; low-fat versions add moisture but not enough fat, which can make the crumb rubbery.