Coffee Bacon Banana Bread
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This Coffee Bacon Banana Bread is a rich, flavorful twist on a classic, combining sweet bananas, bold coffee, and smoky Jones Dairy Farm Dry Aged Bacon for a perfect balance of sweet and savory. Topped with a decadent coffee bacon glaze, it’s an irresistible treat for breakfast or brunch.
30 mins
Ingredients
| Amount / Quantity | Ingredients |
|---|---|
| 2 (12 oz.) packages | |
| 1/2 cup | packed brown sugar |
| 1/2 cup | granulated sugar |
| 1/2 cup | unsalted butter, softened |
| 2 | large eggs |
| 1/4 cup plus 3 tablespoons | half and half, divided |
| 1 teaspoon | vanilla extract |
| 1 1/2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon | instant espresso coffee granules, divided |
| 1 1/2 cups | all-purpose flour |
| 3/4 teaspoon | ground cinnamon |
| 1/2 teaspoon | salt |
| 1 teaspoon | baking soda |
| 1 cup | mashed very ripe bananas, about 2-3 bananas |
| 2 tablespoons | finely chopped walnuts |
| 1 cup | powdered sugar |
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Directions
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Preheat oven to 325˚F. Grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan.
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Fry bacon slices until crisp, drain and crumble; set aside, reserving 3 tablespoon.
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In medium bowl, beat butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add eggs on at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in 1/4 cup half and half and vanilla extract.
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In another medium bowl, mix 1 1/2 tablespoons coffee granules, flour, cinnamon, salt, baking soda and bacon crumbles. Add alternately to creamed mixture with mashed bananas beating well after each addition. Stir in walnuts.
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Pour batter into prepared loaf pan. Bake 65-75 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan before inverting bread onto a wire rack to cool completely.
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To make glaze, mix powder sugar with remaining half and half and coffee granules. Mix until blended and spoon over bread; sprinkle reserved bacon over the top. Let glaze set before slicing.
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