Banana Bread Latte with Homemade Syrup

A cozy home café treat where ripe bananas are simmered down with brown sugar, butter, vanilla, and cinnamon into a dreamy syrup that transforms your morning latte into something truly special.

30 min2 servingsEasy
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Ingredients

  • 2ripe bananas
  • 50gsugar
  • 125mlwater
  • 1vanilla extract
  • 1/4 teaspooncinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoonnutmeg
  • 500mlwhole milk
  • 1 tablespoonespresso powder
  • 60mlhot water

How to make it

Step 1

Peel bananas and slice into rounds. Place in a saucepan with 125ml water and 50g sugar.

Step 2

Simmer over medium heat for 8 minutes until bananas soften and dissolve slightly.

Step 3

Strain the syrup through a fine mesh sieve into a bowl, pressing gently on banana pieces.

Step 4

Stir vanilla extract, cinnamon, and nutmeg into the warm syrup. Set aside.

Step 5

Dissolve espresso powder in 60ml hot water and stir well.

Step 6

Heat milk in a saucepan until steaming, whisking to create foam.

Step 7

Pour espresso into two mugs, add 2 tablespoons banana syrup to each.

Step 8

Top with hot steamed milk and foam. Stir gently and serve immediately.

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