Jamaican Banana Bread
Bananas, pineapple, coconut, and rum, this bread is CRAZY good!
Servings: 1 loaf
Ingredients
BANANA BREAD:
- 2 c. all-purpose flour
- 3/4 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 c. granulated sugar
- 1/4 c. butter softened
- 2 lg. eggs
- 3 lg. ripe bananas mashed
- 1/4 c. vanilla yogurt or pina colada yogurt
- 3 T. dark rum or pineapple juice
- 1/2 tsp. coconut extract
- 1/2 c. flaked sweetened coconut plus 1 T. for sprinkling
PINEAPPLE GLAZE:
- 1/2 c. confectioner's sugar
- 1 1/2 T. pineapple juice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9x5-inch loaf pan with non-stick spray and dust with flour.
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
- In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add mashed bananas, yogurt, rum OR pineapple juice and coconut extract; beat until blended.
- Gradually add flour mixture to banana mixture; beat at low speed just until moist. Stir in 1/2 cup coconut. Spoon batter into the prepared loaf pan. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of coconut over the top.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. (Half way through the baking, lightly cover with a piece of foil to prevent burning, if needed) Cool in pan for 10 minutes; remove bread from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.
- PINEAPPLE GLAZE: Combine confectioner's sugar and pineapple juice, stirring with a whisk; drizzle over warm bread. Cool completely on wire rack.
Omg this is the way I have been trying to get my banana bread to come out. Will never make it any other way.So so moist and flavorful. Perfect. Thank you thank you for the recipe. I might add I’m going on 80 and was never happy with any of my banana breads. I see many in the near future.
Hi Pat, I’m so glad you liked it! You made my day!
I have been searching for this recipe. Thank you for posting it on your site. I will try and let you know how it turned out.
I just found this recipe and I can’t get over how wonderful it is. I can’t wait to make it again. The only change I would make is to add more coconut.