Whiskey and Bacon Banana Bread

And now for something completely different: the flavors of bananas, bacon, and whiskey liqueur give mini quick breads an exciting new taste.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 45 mins
• Total Time: 60 mins
• Calories: 352 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• 4 eggs
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 very ripe bananas
• 3 tablespoons bacon drippings
• butter-flavored cooking spray (such as Pam®)
• 1 tablespoon banana extract
• 5 slices cooked bacon

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Spray 5 mini loaf pans with cooking spray.

Step 2

Place bananas, vanilla extract, banana extract, and whiskey-honey liqueur into the work bowl of a stand mixer and mix well. Transfer banana mixture to a bowl. Beat butter, sugar, eggs, and bacon drippings in a clean bowl using stand mixer until butter mixture is fluffy, about 3 minutes. Stir banana mixture into butter mixture.

Step 3

Place bacon slices into a food processor and pulse until finely chopped. Mix bacon into moist ingredients. Combine flour, baking soda, salt, and baking powder on a large paper plate and use paper plate as a funnel to add flour mixture to moist ingredients in mixer bowl; beat until batter is thoroughly combined. Pour batter into prepared mini loaf pans.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the middle of a loaf comes out clean or with moist crumbs, about 45 minutes.