Bourbon banana bread with pecans

By foodiva

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 1/2 cups mashed ripe bananas (about 4)
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 3 tablespoons bourbon
• 1 cup coarsely chopped pecans
• 1 cup dark chocolate chips

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from abitchinkitchen.blogspot.ca

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9x5 loaf pan, or spray it with a cooking spray that contains flour (I tried it for the first time with this recipe and I'm in love. Sooo easy.) Set aside.

In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.

In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar for 3 minutes. Add in eggs one at a time, and beat between each addition for 1 minute. Scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl, and beat in mashed bananas, lemon juice, and bourbon until fully incorporated.

Add in the flour mixture all at once, and slowly mix in until just combined. Fold in pecans and chocolate with a rubber spatula. Pour the mixture into the prepared loaf pan. Bake for 45-65 minutes, until a wooden skewer inserted in the center comes out clean (don't mistake a banana chunk for raw batter and over-bake it!)

I've bookmarked this recipe too! Your bread came out looking incredibly fluffy.

Looks fantastic! I need to make this very soon...

Thank you Shea! You definitely do need to make it!

I would make this purely on the name alone. Fantastic recipe, ladies :D

Oh my word your banana bread looks amazing!!! Love the addition of the bourbon, yum! :)

I made this recipe today and it was DELICIOUS! My 90 father went crazy for it. The only thing I did differently and thank GOD it worked...I substituted the flour and used organic whole wheat flour. I cut the flour measurement to 1 and 1/4 cups and added 1/4 cup of water. I guess that whole wheat flour can be pretty dense so it is always recommended to cut the measurement and add liquid! It was right on and I was so freaking excited!! This recipe is so incredibly moist with so much flavor! (I also threw in a teaspoon of cinnamon) When the recipe called for no baking soda and a whole tablespoon of baking powder, I thought you were on crack but it totally worked!!! Thanks for sharing this because it will be my staple giveaway to "good" friends!

Glad you enjoyed it! And thanks for letting me know it works well with whole wheat flour - I've never baked with it before, but it would be nice to make this recipe at least slightly healthy :)

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