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Jamaican Banana Bread Recipe

Jamaican Banana Bread Recipe

Jamaican Banana Bread is a delicious treat for breakfast or for dessert. It is a sweet bread, full of flavor and perfect for any occasion. The banana bread recipe makes a moist, rich, and flavorful loaf of banana bread. There is something about the process of baking that makes you feel good.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 8

Ingredients
  

For the banana bread:

  • 2 cups All-purpose flour
  • ¾ teaspoon Baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon Salt
  • 1 cup Raw or turbinado sugar
  • ¼ cup Butter (melted)
  • 2 large eggs (at room temperature)
  • 1 ½ cups Mashed ripe banana
  • ¼ cup Plain low-fat yogurt
  • 3 tablespoons Dark rum,
  • ½ teaspoon Vanilla extract
  • ½ cup plus 1 tbsp sweetened flaked coconut (divided)

For the lime glaze:

  • ½ cup Powdered sugar
  • 1 ½ tablespoon Freshly squeezed lime juice

Instructions
 

  • Heat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
  • Stir together salt, baking soda, and all-purpose flour in a bowl. Keep aside. Using an electric mixer, combine raw sugar and melted butter in a large bowl. 
  • After that, add one egg at a time. After each addition, beat until smooth.
  • Mix the wet ingredients with bananas, low-fat yogurt, dark rum, and vanilla extract. Combine all ingredients thoroughly. After that, add the dry ingredients. Using a low speed, mix until just combined.
  • Mix in ½ cup sweetened flaked coconut. Be careful not to overmix the batter.
  • Prepare a 9x5 inch loaf pan by spraying it with non-stick cooking spray and lining it with parchment paper (leave some paper hanging on both sides to aid in removing the Jamaican banana bread with rum). After that, transfer the banana bread batter to the loaf pan you prepared. Add 1 tablespoon of sweetened flaked coconut on top.
  • Until ready, bake in the preheated oven for 60 minutes. By inserting a toothpick into the center of the moist banana bread, you can determine whether the bread is ready. If it comes out clean, the bread is ready.
  • You can cover the banana bread with aluminum foil if it has already turned golden brown but is not yet ready inside.
  • As the bread bakes, prepare the lime glaze. Prepare the powdered sugar mixture by mixing it with lime juice in a bowl. Separately set aside.
  • After removing the banana bread from the oven, let it cool on a cooling rack. Once the bread has been removed from the pan, let it cool. Drizzle lime glaze over the cake and place it on the cooling rack. Make sure it cools completely before handling. After that, slice and enjoy!
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