Coconut Banana Bread with Lime Glaze

This banana bread is very popular in our home. It’s always been a heavily requested sweet treat and even has a funny family history behind it.  It’s the very last thing I baked just a few hours before my first born decided he was ready to meet the outside world.  Not sure what prompted it, probably the so called, “nesting stage,” but I baked not one, but six loaves of this banana bread during my final hours of my 1st pregnancy.  It took me three rounds of batter prep to make all those loaves since my mixer only holds enough batter for two loaves.  I still remember to this day how swollen my feet were and how badly my back hurt during the tedious process, but I was motivated by some strange phenomena.  I planned on sharing some loaves with my coworkers and my husband’s when my pregnancy suddenly got cut short just a bit early.  To this day, I have never baked that many batches of banana bread.  The loaves did finally make it to our coworkers, but only after being in our freezer a few weeks while we were getting accustomed to parenthood.

Dessert Bread with a Twist

This banana bread probably gets it’s praise from the subtle coconut hints and surprise tang from the lime juice in the glaze.  I love most banana bread and haven’t found many I don’t like, but I have to say I have trouble not making it with the coconut and lime flavors now.  I always want to make banana bread this way and have trouble reverting back to making standard banana bread.  It’s just that good this way.

Save those Bananas!

Don’t make the mistake I did years ago before I really started baking for fun.  Do not toss those over-ripe soft bananas! Freeze them! I make this banana bread with fresh or frozen bananas (thawed) or even a mix if I’m short on one kind.  The taste and texture is just as good in my opinion either way.  I store my over ripe bananas peeled in a freezer bag for smoothies or baking.  You never know when they’ll come in handy if you really like playing in the kitchen.

Try out this recipe and let me know how you like it!

Coconut Banana Bread with Lime Glaze

Katia

This recipe was adapted and adjusted from a Cooking Light recipe You can easily double the recipe to make 2 loaves at a time

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr

Total Time 1 hour hr 20 minutes mins

Course Dessert, Snack

Cuisine American

Servings 12

Calories 303 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose unbleached flour
• 1/2 cup coconut flour or you can use whole wheat or other flour of choice
• 1/8 cup ground flax seed
• 3/4 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp sea salt
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup cane sugar
• 1/4 cup unsalted organic butter softened
• 2 large eggs
• 3-4 bananas or 1 1/2 cups mashed
• 1/4 cup full fat yogurt feel free to sub for other yogurt if that's your preference
• 3 Tbsp good dark rum
• 1/2 cup flaked sweetened coconut
• 9 X 5 inch loaf pan

Lime Glaze

• 1.5 Tbsp lime juice
• 1/3 cup powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons flaked coconut unsweetened or sweetened, depending on your sweetness preference

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• Measure out dry ingredients, flour through salt into medium mixing bowl and combine with whisk
• In a mixer bowl, pour sugar and softened butter, beat until well blended.
• Add 1 egg at a time to mixer bowl and beat until well blended.
• Then add mashed banana, yogurt, vanilla and rum to mixer and beat till smooth.
• Add flour mixture to mixer bowl and blend until completely moist and no lumps.
• Fold in sweetened coconut and combine.
• Pour batter into 9 X 5 inch greased loaf pan.
• Bake at 350 for 50-60 min. Check at 50 minutes. You want a toothpick at highest peak to come out clean.
• (At my home at sea level it is perfect at 55 minutes. Remember to adjust at different elevations)
• Cool on wire rack in pan 10 minutes.
• Combine glaze in small bowl till smooth.
• Drizzle glaze over warm bread after removing from pan.

Nutrition Disclaimer:

The nutritional information provided is only an estimate based on a third party nutritional plugin. Different online calculators may give different results depending on their own sources. The estimates may also change based on the ingredients you use. If you have dietary restrictions and need to accurately calculate the nutrition of this recipe, Whole Made Living recommends consulting a professional nutritionist.

Nutrition

Serving: 1sliceCalories: 303kcalCarbohydrates: 41gProtein: 8gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 161mgSodium: 280mgPotassium: 233mgFiber: 4gSugar: 22gVitamin A: 362IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 47mgIron: 2mg

Keyword Banana, bread, dessert, lime

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