Jacked-Up Banana Bread

🥘 Ingredients

• baking soda (5 grams)
  1 teaspoon
• bananas (ripe, smashed)
  3-4
• bourbon (15 ml) (optional)
  1 tablespoon
• butter (melted salted, 75 grams)
  1/3 cup
• cinnamon (3 grams)
  1 teaspoon
• egg (beaten)
  1
• flour (190 grams)
  1 1/2 cups
• salt (pinch of)
• sugar (light brown, 145 to 190 grams, depending on the level of sweetness you prefer, I always use the smaller amount)
  3/4-1 cup
• up to 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg (1)
• vanilla (5 ml)
  1 teaspoon

🍳 Cookware

• bowl
• loaf pan
• pan

1. 1

   Gather up to 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg , cinnamon .

   up to 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg (1), cinnamon: 1 teaspoon (3 grams)
2. 2

   Preheat the oven to 350°F.
3. 3

   With a wooden spoon, mix butter into the mashed bananas in a large mixing bowl .

   butter: 1/3 cup (melted salted, 75 grams), bananas: 3-4 (ripe, smashed)
4. 4

   Mix in the sugar , egg , vanilla and bourbon , then the spices.

   sugar: 3/4-1 cup (light brown, 145 to 190 grams, depending on the level of sweetness you prefer, I always use the smaller amount), egg: 1 (beaten), vanilla: 1 teaspoon (5 ml), bourbon: 1 tablespoon (15 ml)
5. 5

   Sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture and mix in.

   baking soda: 1 teaspoon (5 grams), salt (pinch of)
6. 6

   Add the flour last, mix.

   flour: 1 1/2 cups (190 grams)
7. 7

   Pour mixture into a buttered 4×8 inch loaf pan .
8. 8

   Bake for ⏱️ 50 minutes to one hour, or until a tester comes out clean.
9. 9

   Cool on a rack. Remove from pan and slice to serve.
10. 📝

    Note: Due to my unhealthy obsession with tiny things, I split this into two mini-loaf pans. It took 45 minutes to bake two perfect halves, but of course, may run longer or shorter in your oven.