Chocolate & Brown Butter Banana Bread

Directions

Banana Bread

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Grease loaf pan with butter. Melt chocolate bar in a pan on low heat, or in a double boiler.
3. In a medium bowl, mash bananas until smooth. Set aside.
4. In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
5. Beat eggs into butter and sugar mixture. Add vanilla extract and bananas. Beat until fully incorporated.
6. Slowly stir milk into mixture until batter forms. Fold in melted Brown Butter chocolate bar. Transfer batter to prepared loaf pan.
7. Bake 55-65 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.
8. Cool loaf in pan for 10-15 minutes before transferring to cooling rack. Cool completely before slicing.

Salted Mascobado Caramel Sauce

1. Spread sugar in a large skillet or saucepan. 
2. Pour water over sugar and heat over medium-heat, swirling the pan very gently. (Just enough to moisten the sugar evenly with the water). 
3. As the sugar begins to cook, swirl the pan to ensure all sugar is melting. Continue cooking until sugar becomes dark brown, and just starts to smoke. Remove from heat.
4. Whisk in cubes of butter until completely melted. Gradually whisk in cream, continually stirring until sauce is smooth.Tip: If spots of sugar still remain at the bottom of your pan, loosen with a spoon and return to low heat until completely melted.
5. Let cool. Drizzle over warm banana bread.
6. Sauce will keep in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.