Butterscotch Banana Bread
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!
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!
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. 😉
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.
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. 🙂
Butterscotch Banana Bread
Ingredients
- 2 cups self rising flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup butter,, melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 large eggs,, beaten
- 2 large bananas,, mashed
- 3/4 cup butterscotch chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9x5 loaf pan and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, and baking soda. In a medium bowl, mix together butter, vanilla, eggs, and mashed bananas. Add banana mixture to the dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Carefully mix in butterscotch chips.
- Pour batter into prepared baking pan and bake in preheated oven for 55-65 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and place on a wire rack to cool. Enjoy!
My family will personally send you a thank you! I always seem to have overripe bananas and this week those bananas will be turned into Butterscotch Banana Bread! Thanks for the great idea1
I love banana bread. I never thought to put butterscotch in it. That sounds amazing!
I can’t believe I’ve never thought to put butterscotch chips in my banana bread. What a genius idea! This sounds incredible 🙂
I love butterscotch but have never thought to add it to banana bread – what a brilliant idea! It looks delicious.
I love banana bread this is a great little twist on it.
Literally drooling at the thought of banana and butterscotch together, can’t wait to try this….it won’t last long that’s for sure!
This is the banana bread of my dreams! That butterscotch seriously adds so much delicious flavor!
I love the addition of butterscotch in this classic bread.
I didn’t think banana bread could get any better… then you added butterscotch! Yum!
Butterscotch and banana go so well together! They’re the perfect combination of flavors. Great recipe!
You had me at BUTTERSCOTCH! Looks so good!
What a tasty idea! I love both banana bread and butterscotch and can see them being great together.
You had me at butterscotch!! I love it in banana bread!!
Oh my goodness this looks delicious! I don’t think it would last long in my house either, Dan’s second love is butterscotch 😉
I like to think of myself as a bit of a banana bread connoisseur, but I have never had BUTTERSCOTCH banana bread! That sounds dreamy!
Now this is one incredible looking banana bread. What a great idea to add that butterscotch twist. One of my favorite candies growing up was butterscotch suckers.
Well, I think I would have joined in too! This banana bread is a whole new delicious level with those butterscotch chips!
Butterscotch is a great idea to add in to boring banana bread! LOVE this idea!
This version of banana bread looks insanely delicious! It boggles my mind that just about anything goes well with banana bread! Thanks for sharing this one.
I love these photos and this bread and your story about the kids standing on the table. That’s some good bread to turn them into little hungry animals 😉
I swear, Andi, sometimes they act like I don’t feed them! 😉
There’s nothing like your kids complimenting your baking to wipe away everything bad in the world – haha! This looks and sounds so delicious!
You are so right, Cathy! Their sweet honesty can just totally brighten your day. 🙂
This bread is calling my name!! I would be sitting on the counter with your kids stuffing my face too. Your such a good mom for joining them. I would of pulled my hair out a little then eat with them. Hehe.
Oh girl, a little hair was definitely pulled! 😉
You are so funny Ashlyn – I was just going to comment on how gorgeous the first photo is! It’s perfect! I’m glad you were able to enjoy that moments with your kiddos 🙂
Thanks so much, Beth!
This is another “why did I not think of this?!” I am going to try this with caramel (because I can never have enough caramel in my life!)
Oh my goodness, Caramel sounds so good!!! Great idea, Kacey!
Awww, how sweet is that! And hey, if they consider the bread good enough to be cake (high praise from a little one), then I say “let them eat cake”! 😉 I would’ve pulled up a chair right alongside you guys, this sounds scrumptious.
I know; the cake comment got me right in the feels. 🙂 Thanks so much, Heather!