I like brownies. I like them so much that I burst into tears the other week because I hadn’t gotten to make them yet that day and it was already 10 pm. I then promptly cracked up because of the ridiculousness of such an action. (Remember, I was really pregnant, folks. That’s a good excuse, right?)
Anyway, the next morning I made brownies. I made them with a banana in them, due to a brown-banana excess. I made up the recipe by adapting a combinations of others, because I couldn’t find one that featured banana and only used cocoa powder. (This recipe provided basic proportions, and this one was an inspiration for less sugar… and then I just guessed with the banana inclusion.)
Why are my banana brownies slightly better for you? There’s less sugar in them and they have real fruit, doggone it. Why are they not “nourishing banana brownies?” Because there’s still some refined sugar, and I used regular old flour. I’ll leave it to you foodies to experiment with nut flours and maple syrup ratios. I was too pregnant, lazy, and cheap to do it myself.
Here’s the recipe:
- 1/2 cup melted butter
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 large mashed banana
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp almond extract (or vanilla if you prefer)
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder (unsweetened)
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
Mix butter, sugar, banana, egg, and almond extract in a bowl. Whisk in cocoa powder, flour, baking powder, and salt. Pour into a greased 8×8 pan and bake for about 30 mins at 375, or until brownies are slightly pulling away from the edges of the pan and the middle no longer looks liquidy.
Ta-da!
Hope you like ’em as much as we did. 😉
I love how easy this recipe is! I just made a double batch! I subed sugar for honey and butter for vegetable oil! I never think of using my almond extract, but it smells sooooo wonderful!
Aww, yay! I’m so glad it worked out for you! 🙂
Its nice to have a simple brownie recipe that requires minimal steps and taste good! I subbed coconut oil for the oil, doubled the recipe and did 1/2 white sugar and 1/2 brown sugar. I even threw in chunks of chocolate bars that I cut up. It was super good!
So glad you enjoyed it!
These look divine!! Love that they are slightly healthier too; I have a wedding dress to fit into, but I need brownies in my life!
Hope you enjoy them, Annie!
Its nice to have a simple brownie recipe that requires minimal steps and taste good! I subbed coconut oil for the oil, doubled the recipe and did 1/2 white sugar and 1/2 brown sugar. I even threw in chunks of chocolate bars that I cut up. It was super good!
Yay, I’m so glad you liked it!
Banana brownies were good! Very soft and chewy. I added choc chips to top before baking.
Thumbs up from family.
I’m so glad you liked them! Thank you for sharing!
Mine came out more like a cake than brownie. I followed the recipe and instructions exactly the way it said.
These are delicious. I actually used 50% carter sugar and 50% dark brown sugar. Gave it quite a deep flavour.
Easy and quick to make. I am definitely going to revisit this recipe time and time again.
May try some other little variations. Could work well with some beetroot.
Super simple with ingredients directly from my pantry. Added hazelnuts and a bit of espresso powder. Can’t wait to try with coconut oil! Thanks so much!