Old Fashioned Boozy Banana Bread

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This yummy, easy, moist banana nut bread recipe gets spicey with the addition of bourbon, nuts, and cinnamon.  Let’s give grandma’s old fashioned banana bread recipe a boozy kick.

If you love old fashioned, traditional banana bread you will love my old fashioned banana cake.  This old fashioned banana cake is bursting with scrumptious banana flavor and topped with a creamy, sweet buttercream frosting.

My neighbor recently brought over some booze infused banana bread. The splash of alcohol elevated this traditional, old fashioned banana bread from ordinary to extraordinary.  In fact, I liked it so much that I went on a boozy banana bread baking adventure, made some myself and now I want to share this mouthwateringly delicious, easy boozy banana bread recipe with you.

Tools Used In Old Fashioned Boozy Banana Bread

• 9×5 Loaf Pan
• Mixing Bowl
• Banana Masher
• Sifter 
• Spatula
• Dry Ingredient Measuring Cups
• Measuring Spoons
• Liquid Measuring Cup

Ingredients In Boozy Old Fashioned Banana Bread 

• 1/2 cup butter at room temperature – The butter will combine much easier with the other ingredients if it is at room temperature.
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 eggs well beaten 
• 3 large ripened bananas mashed
• 1 cup chopped nuts – I have used walnuts and pecans and both are delicious.
• 1 teaspoon vanilla 
• 1 1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)
• 1/4 cup bourbon

How To Make Boozy Old Fashioned Banana Nut Bread

• Grease and flour 9×5 loaf pan or spray with baking spray
• Preheat oven to 350F
• Cream butter and sugar
• Add well beaten eggs
• Add mashed bananas and combine
• Sift flour, cinnamon and baking soda 
• Gradually add flour mixture to banana mixture.
• Stir in vanilla
• Stir in bourbon
• Fold in nuts 
• Pour batter in 9×5 loaf pan
• Bake at 350F for 55 to 70 minutes or until firm in the middle.

Tips For The Best Banana Nut Bread Recipe

• This post by Real Simple says your wet ingredient mixture (butter, sugar, eggs and mashed bananas) needs to be mixed well together and that your flour and baking soda need to be mixed together well.  This will help create a fluffy texture for your boozy banana bread.
• This post from Real Simple also tells us not to overmix when combining your wet and dry ingredients together.  This can give your old fashioned banana bread loaf a tough texture. We don’t want tough boozy banana bread.
• I love toasting my nuts for this easy boozy banana bread and other nutty recipes.  Toasting takes the nuts to an even more delicious level by helping to release their aromatic oils and bringing out even more flavor in the nuts.  This post by King Auther Baking says you can toast  them in a 325F oven for 10 to 15 minutes.  
• To prevent your nuts from falling to the bottom of this boozy banana bread, toss them in a tablespoon of flour before folding them in the batter.
• This bourbon booze infused old fashioned banana bread would also be delicious with the addition of 1 cup of mini chocolate chips or regular chocolate chips.

Southern Baptist Boozy Banana Bread Recipe

To make my boozy banana nut bread, I found a classic, vintage banana bread recipe in my First Baptist Huntsville Southern Baptist cookbook (circa 1995).  It was my dear 9th grade Sunday School teacher’s banana bread recipe and this recipe is an old banana bread recipe from the 1940’s that was served at Judson College (an old Southern Baptist college).   

I new I wanted to spice up this old school banana bread recipe and give it a kick with some bourbon, but could I do this to a recipe from a Southern Baptist cookbook, from a Southern Baptist college, that was put there by my Southern Baptist Sunday School teacher (Southern Baptist are infamous for the “no alcohol” policy)?

After much prayer, I decided Jesus spiced up water by turning it to wine, so why not elevate my old fashioned banana bread from really good to heavenly great with the addition of a preferred spirit.  Yes, it would be booze-infused old fashioned Southern Baptist banana bread

Easy Boozy Banana Bread

Not only is this old fashioned boozy banana bread recipe a yummy booze infused banana nut loaf that takes your taste buds on a delicious, delightful flavor journey, it’s also a super easy banana bread recipe.  This boozy bourbon banana bread is an easy, old fashioned banana bread recipe with very simple ingredients.  It’s scrumptious, culinary magic with bananas and bourbon.

For this easy, epic baking adventure just gather your everyday ingredients, mash those ripe bananas, add them to your sugar, butter and eggs and mix away.   Then add your dry ingredients to you banana mixture, mix, throw in your nuts and bourbon and bake.  

This simple, moist banana nut bread recipe is so ridiculously easy and foolproof there’s no way you will have a bad bake.  So, gather those simple ingredients, mash those bananas, mix in those nuts and that bourbon (yes, you can have a sip while baking) and let’s bake a leg.

Why Use Old Brown Bananas For Banana Bread?

This old fashioned banana bread recipe and all homemade banana bread recipes I’ve seen call for ripe or brown bananas.  But, why ripe or brown bananas, why are they the key to baking the best banana bread? 

In this post Southern Living gives us 3 reasons for using ripe bananas to make our old fashioned banana bread recipe.

• Ripe bananas are softer, and therefore easier to mash and blend into your batter.
• Ripe bananas are sweeter.  As the bananas ripen, the fruit converts starches to sugars, which makes them not only sweeter but more flavorful.
• Ripe bananas prevent baked goods from becoming gummy or starchy in texture, which often happens when green or under ripe bananas are used.

How To Ripen Bananas Quickly For Banana Bread

Has this happened to you?  You’ve got a crazy craven for some classic banana bread and you have no ripe bananas today. What to do? Is there anything you can do to cure that crazy banana bread craven?

Yes there is, you can ripen those new shiny, brand new, freshly bought bananas and turn them into retro, brown, ripe bananas quickly.  This article from Pioneer Woman  gives us 2 ways we can quickly ripen those brand new bananas.

• Oven Method – Put unpeeled bananas on a baking sheet and place in a 300F oven. Bake 15 – 20 minutes, until the skin turns black.
• Microwave Method – Place an unpeeled banana, that has been pierced all over with a fork, in a microwave for 30 seconds. Next, check if the banana is soft enough. If not, continue to microwave in 30 second intervals.

Both of these methods will produce bananas where the flesh will be soft and sweet and perfect for baking our old fashioned boozy banana bread recipe or any classic banana bread recipe.

How To Freeze Banana Bread

One of the greatest things about this boozy banana bread or any banana bread is, it freezes so well. You can pull it out of the freezer and it tastes absolutely as good as when you pulled it out of the oven.

This allows you to bake that easy, old fashioned moist banana bread recipe ahead of time and freeze several loaves “just in case”. My mom kept loaves of “just in case” banana bread (or zucchini bread) in her storage freezer.  

Just in case, Myrtle from Sunday School class took ill, the Sunday School class came over for a fellowship or Edna, the next door neighbor, dropped by for a visit, there was banana bread in the freezer.

Also, because it freezes so well, you don’t have to put those leftovers in the garbage or on your hips.  You can simply freeze those scrumptious, easy old fashioned banana bread leftovers and enjoy them later.

Freezing banana bread is so simple. This article from Simply Recipes tells us how to freeze both slices and loaves of banana bread.

• To Freeze Slices – In aluminum foil double wrap each slice individually and place the wrapped slices in a Ziploc Bag. Remove as much air from the Ziploc as possible and place the Ziploc in the freezer. You can remove the slices as wanted/needed.
• To Freeze Loaves – Wrap the whole loaf of banana bread in aluminum foil and place in a Ziploc Bag. Remove as much air as possible from the Ziploc and place in the freezer.

Easy Boozy Banana Bread, That’s A Wrap

Grandma’s old fashioned banana bread is amazing, but this recipe takes her old fahioned banana bread recipe to the next level with a kick of bourbon.  This bourbon infused twist gives this old fashioned banana bread a combination of rich flavors that will have your taste buds begging for more boozy banana bread.  Plus, it’s just so easy and fool proof to make.  So, whip up a boozy batch today.  I guarantee you grandma will love and savor every bite.

In case you have any queries regarding the recipe feel free to reach out via the comment section or the contact page. Also, if you have tried this recipe, I would love to hear about your experiences.

I have linked to our related recipes below and I’m sure you will love them.

More Easy Delicious Banana Bread Recipes

• Boozy Banana Bread With Sour Cream (From The Hopeless Housewife)
• Jamaican Rum Banana Bread (From The Midnight Baker)
• Kahlua Banana Bread (From Punchfork)
• Old Fashioned Banana Muffins (From Sally’s Baking Addiction)