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Easy Banana Brownies
Prep
15 mins
Cook
35 mins
Servings
16
Difficulty
Medium
My favorite thing about these brownies is how incredibly simple they are to make in just 50 minutes total. The mashed banana adds natural sweetness and moisture while keeping the recipe budget friendly, plus bananas are packed with potassium which is great for your heart. I love that you probably have most of these ingredients already in your kitchen, and there's no complicated technique required. Just mix, bake, and enjoy rich, fudgy brownies that taste like you spent hours in the kitchen when really you didn't!
Ella x
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter½ cup unsalted butter
- ⅔ cup semisweet chocolate chips⅔ cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 11 large egg
- ⅔ cup packed light brown sugar⅔ cup packed light brown sugar
- 11 small ripe banana, mashed
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon salt¼ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour¾ cup all-purpose flour
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Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease an 8-inch square baking pan.
- 2
Melt butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Remove from the heat and stir in chocolate chips until melted. Set aside to cool for 5 minutes.
- 3
While the chocolate mixture is cooling, lightly beat egg in a medium bowl. Stir in brown sugar, mashed banana, vanilla, and salt until well combined.
- 4
Stir cooled melted chocolate mixture into banana mixture until well combined. Stir in flour until just incorporated. Spread batter into the prepared pan.
- 5
Bake in the preheated oven until the top is dry and the edges have started to pull away from the sides of the pan, about 30 minutes.
- 6
Let pan cool on a wire rack before cutting into 16 squares.
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