This banana bread is full of surprises. First, it’s spiked with the flavors of bourbon, pecans and chocolate chips (topped with a bourbon glaze and more pecans for good measure). And because it’s baked in your slow cooker, there’s no need to heat up the oven.
Slow-Cooker Bourbon Banana Bread
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 3 hr 40 min
- Servings 16
- Ingredients 14
Ingredients
Bread
- 2 2/3 cups Original Bisquick™ mix
- 1 1/2 cups mashed very ripe bananas
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup butter, melted
- 2 tablespoons bourbon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 3/4 cup chopped toasted pecans
Glaze
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon bourbon
- 1 teaspoon hot water
Instructions
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Step1Grease bottom only of 3 1/2- to 4-quart round slow cooker with shortening or cooking spray. Sprinkle lightly with 2 teaspoons of the Bisquick mix.
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Step2In large bowl, stir bananas, granulated sugar, 1/3 cup melted butter, 2 tablespoons bourbon, the vanilla and eggs until well blended. Stir in remaining Bisquick mix, the cinnamon, chocolate chips and 1/2 cup of the pecans until well blended. Pour into slow cooker.
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Step3Cover; cook on High heat setting 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours or until toothpick inserted in center of loaf comes out clean. Turn off slow cooker; uncover, and remove ceramic base from cooker to cooling rack. Let cool 15 minutes.
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Step4Loosen edge of bread with thin metal spatula. Remove bread from slow cooker to cooling rack. Cool 1 hour.
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Step5In small bowl, mix glaze ingredients until smooth and consistency of thick syrup. Drizzle over top of bread. Sprinkle evenly with remaining 1/4 cup pecans.
Nutrition
310
Calories
15g
Total Fat
3g
Protein
41g
Total Carbohydrate
24g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 310
- Calories from Fat
- 130
- Total Fat
- 15g
- 22%
- Saturated Fat
- 6g
- 29%
- Trans Fat
- 1g
- Cholesterol
- 50mg
- 16%
- Sodium
- 260mg
- 11%
- Potassium
- 160mg
- 5%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 41g
- 14%
- Dietary Fiber
- 2g
- 8%
- Sugars
- 24g
- Protein
- 3g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 6%
- 6%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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