Bacon Banana Bread
A sweet and salty match made in heaven! Fresh hot banana bread with chunks of salty bacon and sweet maple. Trust us – it’s a winner.
what you need
- 8 Three Aussie Farmers Shortcut Bacon Rasher, diced
- 4 ripe bananas, peeled and cut
- 1 Tbsp. vanilla extract
- 60ml maple syrup
- 250g unsalted butter, softened
- 1 ½ cups castor sugar
- 4 eggs
- 4 Tbsp. bacon drippings
- 2 ½ cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- ½ tsp. baking powder
how to make it
- Preheat fan-forced oven to 165OC.
- Use a fry-pan on med-high heat to cook bacon for 5 mins or until crispy. Set aside and reserve 4 Tbsp. of bacon drippings for later. Allow to cool.
- In a large mixing bowl, mash the bananas, vanilla extract and maple syrup together.
- Next add in the butter, sugar, eggs and bacon drippings. Whisk together until sugar has dissolved.
- Place in the bacon, flour, baking soda and baking powder and whisk together until smooth.
- Pour the batter into a lined bread tin. Bake for 1 hr 30 mins. Poke the cake with a skewer and if it comes out clean it’s finished. If it’s still wet continue to cook longer until a skewer comes out clean.
- Serve and enjoy!
100% Aussie Bacon, rashers naturally smoked with Australian Mountain Ash.
