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Banana bread with creamy ginger butter

Zac’s Banana Bread with Ginger Butter

Enjoy Zac's banana bread with creamy ginger butter from the novel Once Again.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Servings 10 slices

Ingredients
  

  • 1/4 cup butter (unsalted) grass-fed, softened, salted can be used
  • 1/4 cup grapeseed oil (her recipe calls for peanut oil)
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar (organic)
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 2 bananas mashed
  • 2 eggs room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1.5 cups all-purpose flour (gluten-free) or 1 cup regular flour plus 1/2 cup cake flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1/8 cup milk can use alternative milk
  • 1/8 cup yogurt can use alternative milk in place of yogurt
  • 3/4 cup walnuts chopped, divided use
  • 1 tablespoon maple syrup
  • 1/2 teaspoon bourbon
  • 1/4 cup cream cheese softened
  • 1/4 cup butter (unsalted) softened
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 1/4 teaspoon ginger (dried) taste, you may want to add a little more
  • 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg (dried) taste, you may want to add a little more
  • 1/8 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 325°F.
  • Coat the inside of a loaf pan with butter, and set aside. Or line the pan with parchment paper and lightly spray with oil.
  • Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt together. Stir in half cup of the walnuts so they are coated with flour and don’t sink to the bottom.
  • Cream butter, oil, and sugar until fluffy. Beat in honey, eggs, vanilla, and banana, milk, and yogurt until smooth.
  • Gently stir in flour mixture just until there are no lumps.
  • Pour batter into prepared loaf pan, smooth the top, then sprinkle remaining ¼ cup walnuts evenly across the top.
  • Bake on lower shelf of oven for 60 minutes, or until top is golden, cracking, and a toothpick comes out very dry.
  • Remove from oven and drizzle maple syrup evenly over top of bread. (If you’re feeling daring, combine the maple syrup with the bourbon before drizzling.)
  • Let cool for 15 minutes before removing from pan. Slice and serve with ginger butter.
  • For the ginger butter: Beat together cream cheese, butter, remaining 1 tablespoon honey, ginger, nutmeg, and vanilla with a hand mixer until fluffy and creamy.
  • Spread onto warm banana bread.