Why make standard plain jane banana bread when you can have this Maple & Bourbon Banana Bread? I took a standard banana bread and pretty much healthified it by subbing out the brown sugar for a brown sugar blend. I also used a greek yogurt in place of any sour cream. Other than that? I added in some pecans, bourbon, and maple syrup for the flavor.

My maple syrup was bourbon aged too, which gave me extra bourbon flavor. And once it was all done and still warm? I poured just a little bit more of the maple syrup on top to let it soak into the bread. More flavor. More maple. More moisture. More sweetness!

This has to be your go-to Fall banana bread and it would be great to be served for a breakfast treat around Halloween or even Thanksgiving. I served mine with a pat of butter and a whole lot of fresh fruit on the side and it was a perfect complete breakfast that kept me full and satisfied!

If you aren’t a fan of pecans, feel free to swap those out for another kind of nut, or leave them out all together. You also don’t have to use the bourbon in this, but I definitely would suggest it since it’s sort of the point of the bread as a whole.

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