Butterscotch Banana Bread

by Ashlyn Edwards on Apr 30, 2015 (updated Jun 11, 2018) 39 comments »

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Butterscotch Banana Bread – Moist and delicious banana bread is made extra special with sweet butterscotch chips. Once you try this, you’ll never want regular banana bread again!

A slice of banana bread

Banana bread is like comfort food to me. There is just something about that amazing smell filling up the house that brings down my stress level and makes me feel immediately relaxed. On days when the kids, or our schedule, or the million other tedious things that pop up on a day-to-day basis start to wear me down, I like to take my frustrations out on some ripe bananas. Mashing is good for the soul, y’all!

A piece of banana bread on top of a cup of milk

Now I know a lot of folks enjoy their banana bread with nuts or chocolate chips. I for one can’t turn down anything that involves chocolate, so I’m always willing to scarf down a big ole hunk of banana bread with chocolate chips. But ya know what? I think it’s time for chocolate chips to step aside. Oh yes, I think I have found banana bread’s new true love and her name is Butterscotch. 😉

a loaf of banana bread cut into slices

Now the pictures (and post) for this Butterscotch Banana Bread came a bit later than I had originally planned. See, this is the second time I’ve made this. When I made it the first time I spent some time slicing it up and arranging it all fancy-like for picture taking. I only had a few minutes to get my photos done before I had to leave to pick my son up from school, so I was trying to rush. Of course, the sun must’ve know I was in a hurry and was being a big pain in the you-know-what, so my lighting was terrible and I was feeling frustrated. I decided to give it another try once I got back home from picking up my son.

a loaf of banana bread cut into slices

When we arrived back home, my mind was away on other things and I forgot all about the banana bread sitting up on the kitchen table. I realized I had a load of laundry that needed to be started so I got to work on that, still forgetting about the bread. Once I had the washer going, I walked back into the kitchen, only to be stopped right in my tracks. My KIDS were sitting ON TOP OF THE TABLE (honestly not such a surprise for my mountain-climbing-20-month-old, but definitely a surprise to see my nearly five year old up there) and they were STUFFING THEIR FACES with banana bread. I mean, it’s like they hadn’t seen food in days, the speed with which they were inhaling it!

At first I was a little mad, but then my son (who knows just how to butter me up) yells out, “MAMA! This is the best cake ever!” And in that moment, I just let it go. I pulled up a chair, sat down, and start stuffing my face right along with them. Cake…bread…whatever you want to call it. It’s just too good to feel stressed while eating it. 🙂

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