Jamaican Banana Bread Recipe
If you're looking for a delicious and unique twist on traditional banana bread, you must try the Jamaican banana bread recipe.
Ingredients
- All-purpose flour 2 cups
- Mashed ripe banana 1 ½ cups
- Granulated sugar 1 cup
- Flaked sweetened coconut ½ cup
- Powdered sugar ½ cup
- Butter softened ¼ cup
- Plain low-fat yogurt ¼ cup
- Dark rum 3 tablespoons
- Lemon juice 1 ½ tablespoons
- Flaked sweetened coconut 1 tablespoon
- Vanilla extract ½ teaspoon
- Salt ½ teaspoon
- Baking soda ¾ teaspoon
- Large Eggs 2
- Cooking spray
Instructions
- To start baking, ensure that your oven is preheated to 350°F.
- To measure the flour, use a dry measuring cup and lightly spoon the flour into it, leveling it off with a knife. After that, mix the flour, baking soda, and salt together and stir with a whisk.
- Beat butter and granulated sugar together in a large bowl using a mixer on medium speed until the mixture is well blended. Then, add the eggs one at a time, making sure to beat well after each addition.
- Blend together the banana, rum, vanilla, and yogurt then add the flour mixture and beat at low speed just until it is just moist. Finally, stir in ½ cup of coconut.
- Prepare a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan by coating it with cooking spray, then spoon the batter into the pan. Then, sprinkle 1 tablespoon of coconut over the batter.
- Place the loaf pan in an oven preheated to 350° and bake for 1 hour or bake until a wooden pick inserted into the center emerges clean.
- Allow the loaf to cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then remove it from the pan.
- Mix together the powdered sugar and juice using a whisk, then drizzle the glaze over the warm bread. Let the bread cool completely on a wire rack and then enjoy your delicious Jamaican banana bread!