Homemade Banana Bread Syrup
This Homemade Banana Bread Syrup is warm, cozy, and full of classic banana bread flavor, made with real bananas, walnuts, brown sugar, and spices. Perfect for coffee drinks, pancakes, waffles, and breakfast favorites!
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Servings: 10
Equipment
- syrup bottle or mason jar
Ingredients
- ½ cup chopped walnuts
- 2 ripe bananas mashed
- ½ cup dark brown sugar
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup water
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Pinch of ground nutmeg optional
- Pinch of salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Add the walnuts to a saucepan and heat over medium-low heat, stirring until fragrant (about 5 minutes).
- Once fragrant, add in the mashed bananas, sugars, water, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Stir until the sugar is fully dissolved. Bring to a gentle simmer over medium heat and cook for 10 minutes, until the bananas are very soft and the syrup has thickened slightly.
- Remove from heat and strain through a fine-mesh sieve, pressing gently to extract all the syrup. Set the drained banana and walnuts aside (see Note).
- Stir in the vanilla extract. Let cool, then transfer to a jar or bottle.
- Refrigerate for up to 2 weeks. Shake before using.
Notes
Add the leftover banana and walnuts to oatmeal, chia pudding, or yogurt. You could also add them to pancake or waffle batter before cooking.