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Bourbon Banana Bread
Servings: 1 loaf
Ingredients
- 5 Very ripe bananas
- 1 Egg
- 4 tbsp Butter, melted
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 1/3 cup Bourbon
- 3/4 cup Brown sugar
- 1 1/2 cups All-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp Baking soda
- 1/2 tsp Baking powder
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 2 tsp Granulated sugar (topping)
Instructions
- Microwave 4 of the bananas in a microwave safe bowl for 4 minutes.
- Drain the bananas. You should get at least 1/2 cup of liquid. A little more or less is fine. You need very ripe bananas for this to work well.
- Put the banana liquid and bourbon in a small saucepan and simmer until reduced. This can take up to 5 minutes, you are looking for it to thicken slightly and go down (reduce) by about half. The alcohol will cook off quickly, so don't worry about getting this perfect.
- Mix wet ingredients; egg, bananas, bourbon/banana liquid, butter, vanilla, and brown sugar.
- In a separate bowl, mix dry ingredients. Flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt. It is important to get these mixed well to avoid a mouthful of baking powder or soda.
- Mix the wet and dry ingredients until just combined.
- Pour batter in a well greased or parchment-lined loaf pan.
- Take your 5th banana and cut it in half. Cut each half lengthwise to create 4 longer pieces of banana.
- Lay the 4 pieces of banana across the top of your loaf, inside facing up.
- Sprinkle the granulated sugar over the cut bananas so they will caramelize while baking.
- Bake at 350℉ for about 50 minutes. Cooking time will vary based on oven temperature variation. It is ready when the top is golden, no batter is visible on top, and a skewer comes out clean.
- Let cool one minute, remove from pan and cool on a cooling rack for about 30 minutes to an hour.
- Slice and enjoy!
Notes
Recipe from thedinnerbeat.com