Recipe courtesy of Emily Weinberger for Food Network Kitchen

Miso-Caramel Banana Bread

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  • Level: Easy
  • Total: 2 hr 40 min (includes cooling time)
  • Active: 20 min
  • Yield: 8 to 10 servings
Banana bread and caramel is always a winning combination but add in umami-packed miso paste and you’ve got a next-level baked treat. This surprising ingredient adds a deep, rich savory layer of flavor and is the perfect complement to sweet, ripe bananas and earthy-buttery caramel. An irresistible miso-caramel topping is the ultimate finishing touch.

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray.
  2. Whisk the butter, milk, vanilla, eggs, 1/4 cup of the caramel sauce and 1/4 cup of the miso in a medium bowl until smooth. Whisk the flour, pecans, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg in a separate medium bowl. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and whisk to combine. Fold in the mashed bananas.
  3. Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and bake until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean, 65 to 75 minutes. Let cool in the loaf pan for 10 minutes, then tip out onto a wire rack to cool completely, about 1 hour.
  4. Meanwhile, whisk the remaining 3 tablespoons caramel sauce and 1 tablespoon miso in a small bowl until smooth. Once the bread is cool, drizzle the caramel sauce over top and slice to serve.

Cook’s Note

When measuring flour, we spoon it into a dry measuring cup and level off excess. (Scooping directly from the bag compacts the flour, resulting in dry baked goods.) To make this banana bread nut-free, omit the pecans and follow the rest of the recipe as written.