Brown Butter Banana Bread

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
• 2 cups (260g) white whole wheat flour (see notes)
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom, optional
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg, optional
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 large Pete & Gerry’s eggs
• 1/2 cup (165g) honey
• 1/2 cup (113g) milk, non-dairy milk alternative, or water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups (340g) mashed bananas (about 3 ripe to very ripe bananas; see notes)
• 1 whole banana, for decoration, optional