Best Coconut Banana Bread Recipes

COCONUT BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine butter and sugar; mix well. Add eggs and extracts; beat on high speed until thickened. Stir in bananas. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to banana mixture. Fold in the chocolate, coconut and pecans. Transfer to two greased 8x4-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 70-75 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.

CINNAMON-COCONUT-CHOCOLATE CHIP BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• Cream white sugar, brown sugar, and butter together in a large bowl until smooth. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Stir in banana, sour cream, and vanilla.
• Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in another bowl; gently stir into wet mixture just until combined.
• Toss together chocolate chips, coconut, and cinnamon in a small bowl. Fold about 2/3 of the mixture into the batter, then pour batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle with remaining chocolate chip mixture.
• Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean, 60 to 65 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack and cool completely before slicing.

HAWAIIAN COCONUT-BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 3 metal or glass 9x5-inch loaf pans or use ungreased silicone pans.
• Mix coconut flour, all-purpose flour, xylitol, coconut sugar, flaxseed meal, baking soda, and salt together in a large bowl.
• Blend bananas, butter, coconut milk, and eggs in another large bowl. Add dry ingredients and whisk thoroughly until there are no lumps. Fold in macadamia nuts. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Cool briefly on a wire rack and then remove from the pans and let cool completely. Serve warm.

BANANA COCONUT BREAD PUDDING WITH RUM SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a large bowl, combine bread cubes, eggs, bananas, cinnamon, condensed milk, coconut, butter, vanilla and salt.
• Stir well to combine.
• Leave sit for 15 minutes.
• Pour mixture into greased 9x9 inch pan.
• Sprinkle nuts evenly over top.
• Bake for 45-50 minutes or until knife inserted in centre tests clean.
• For sauce: Melt butter in saucepan, stir in flour.
• Add brown sugar, cream and milk.
• Bring to boil, lower heat and simmer until thickened.
• Remove from heat and stir in rum.
• Serve warm with pudding.
• If sauce becomes too thick, thin with a small amount of milk.

COCONUT-PINEAPPLE BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Spray 9 x 5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
• Combine flour, baking soda, salt, nutmeg and ginger in a bowl and stir with a whisk to combine.
• Set aside.
• Place sugar, oil, yogurt and eggs in mixer bowl and beat at medium speed until well blended.
• Add banana, vanilla and pineapple.
• Mix until blended.
• Add flour mixture and beat on low until just moist.
• Stir in walnuts and coconut.
• Put batter in loaf pan and bake 60-70 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan 10 minutes on wire rack.
• Remove from pan and cool completely.
• Store in airtight container.

BANANA BREAD WITH COCONUT MILK

Steps:

• Mix wet ingredients, and dry ingredients.
• Mixture will be lumpy.
• Pour mixture into a greased loaf pan, and bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted in the middle of the loaf comes out clean.

COCONUT AND MACADAMIA NUT BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Into a bowl sift together the flour, the baking powder, the baking soda, and the salt. In a large bowl with an electric mixer cream the butter with the sugars until the mixture is light and fluffy and beat in the vanilla, the eggs, 1 at at time, the zest, the banana, and the sour cream. Add the flour mixture, beat the batter until it is just combined, and stir in the macadamia nuts and the coconut. Divide the batter among 5 well-buttered and floured 5 3/4- by 3 1/4-inch loaf pans and bake the breads in the middle of a preheated 350°F. oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean. Remove the breads from the pans and let them cool, right sides up, on a rack.

BANANA, COCONUT & CARDAMOM BREAD

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Butter a 900g loaf tin and line with a long strip of baking parchment. Melt the coconut oil or butter in a pan or the microwave. Mash the bananas and add the oil or butter, eggs, sugar and yogurt.
• Combine the flour, baking powder, crushed cardamom and a pinch of salt in a bowl. Add the wet ingredients and whisk to a smooth batter. Pour into the tin and bake for 1 hr 10 mins until golden and risen. Insert a skewer into the centre of the cake to make sure it's cooked - it should come out with a few crumbs but no wet cake mixture. If needed, return the cake to the oven for another 5-10 mins, then check again, and keep going until it's cooked. Serve slightly warm. Once cool, keep in a tin for up to five days.

SOUTHERN LIVING'S TOASTED COCONUT CREAM CHEESE BANANA NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Place 3/4 cup pecans in a single layer on a baking sheet and bake 12-15 minutes or until toasted and fragrant, stirring after 6 minutes. Remove and reserve 1/4 cup toasted pecans.
• Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add 1 cup sugar, beating until fluffy and light. Add eggs, one at a time, beating just until blended after each addition.
• Combine flours and next 4 ingredients; gradually add to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with the flour mixture.
• Beat at low speed just until blended after each addition. Stir in bananas, 3/4 cup toasted pecans, and vanilla.
• Spoon batter into 2 greased and floured 8X4 inch pans.
• Bake at 350°F for one hour or until a long wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean and sides of bread pull away from pan, shielding with aluminum foil during last 15 minutes to prevent excessive browning, if necessary.
• Meanwhile, cook 1/4 cup cup fat free evaporated milk, 2 TBSP brown sugar and 1 TBSP butter in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly, 3 to 4 minutes or until bubbly. Remove from heat. Stir in 1/4 cup sweetened flaked coconut, reserved toasted pecans and 1/2 TSP vanilla extract.
• Remove bread from oven; immediately spread tops lightly with coconut mixture. Broil 51/2 inches from heat 2-3 minutes or until topping starts to lightly brown Cool in pans on wire racks 20 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks; cool 30 minutes before slicing.

COCONUT AND MACADAMIA NUT BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into a bowl.
• In a large bowl, with an electric mixer, cream the butter with the sugars.
• Beat in vanilla, eggs (1 at a time), zest, banana, and sour cream.
• Add flour mixture slowly and beat until it is just combined.
• Stir in the macadamia nuts and coconut.
• Pour batter into a greased (I use butter and a little flour) 9x5x3 inch loaf pan.
• Bake in center of preheated 350 degree oven for 40-50 minute or until tester comes out clean.

BANANA-WALNUT-COCONUT QUICK BREAD WITH BROWN BUTTER GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly brush one 9-by-5-by-3-inch loaf pan or three 6-by-3-by-2-inch mini loaf pans with butter and set aside.
• Combine the flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, salt, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg in a medium bowl. Add the coconut and walnuts and toss together. Set aside.
• Whisk together the melted butter, yogurt, vanilla extract, eggs and grated zest if using in a small bowl. Stir in the mashed bananas. Fold this mixture into the flour mixture until just incorporated.
• Transfer the batter to the prepared loaf pan(s). Tap the bottom on a hard surface a few times and smooth the top. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 55 to 60 minutes for the large and 35 to 40 minutes for the minis. Transfer to a wire rack to cool for 30 minutes, then turn the bread out and let cool completely on the rack.
• When the bread is cool, cook the butter in a small saucepan over low heat until brown; keep warm.
• Put the confectioners' sugar and milk in a small bowl and whisk in the brown butter until smooth.
• Pour the glaze over the bread and allow to set at room temperature, 15 to 20 minutes. Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week.

COCONUT FLOUR BANANA BREAD (GAPS)

Steps:

• Whisk dry ingredients, stir in all wet until smooth.
• Stir in nut or whatever you choose.
• Put in a greased loaf pan
• Bake at 350 for 50-75 minutes. Cover with foil after 50 minutes.
• Cool on a rack completely before eating, a must for texture and flavor.

COCONUT CHOCOLATE CHIP BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease 9x5x3 loaf pan.
• Mix flour, coconut, baking powder, baking soda and salt together in a small bowl. Set aside.
• In a mixing bowl, beat the eggs until frothy. Add sugar, butter/margarine, banana, applesauce and vanilla and beat well.
• Add dry ingredient mixture all at once and stir until just combined.
• Gently stir in the chocolate chips. Pour batter in the greased pan.
• Bake for 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
• Let stand to cool slightly (about 10 minutes), and then remove from pan.

BANANA BREAD WITH COCONUT-KEY LIME GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• Mix flour, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl.
• Beat sugar and butter together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth and well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add bananas, yogurt, and rum; beat until blended. Add flour mixture and beat on low speed or by hand until just moist. Stir in fresh coconut and pour into the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, whisk together powdered sugar, Key lime juice, and coconut flakes for glaze in a bowl. Drizzle over warm bread.
• Remove warm bread from the pan and place on a wire rack. Drizzle glaze over top and allow to cool completely before cutting, about 30 minutes.

TOASTED COCONUT-BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Grease a 9-by-5-by-3-inch loaf pan; set aside. In a large mixing bowl stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Make a well in the center. In a medium mixing bowl combine beaten eggs, mashed bananas, oil, milk, and vanilla; mix well. Add egg mixture to flour mixture; stir just till combined. (The batter should be lumpy.) Fold in toasted coconut.
• Pour batter into prepared loaf pan. Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F oven for 50 to 60 minutes, or till a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pan; cool thoroughly on a wire rack. Wrap and store overnight before slicing.

BANANA BREAD WITH COCONUT AND PECANS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan with butter, then coat with flour, shaking off the excess.
• Use an electric mixer to beat the brown sugar, granulated sugar and butter together until it is light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs; add the bananas, buttermilk and vanilla and beat until smooth. Stir in the cinnamon, flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt by hand with a rubber spatula. (You don't want to over-beat the batter or the bread will be tough.) Stir in the pecans and coconut and pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the bread comes out dry, about 1 hour 15 minutes. Allow to cool 5 minutes in the pan. Run a knife along the sides to loosen the loaf from the pan; invert to remove the bread and place it (bottom side down) on a wire rack to cool.

GLAZED COCONUT-BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 9x5-in. loaf pan. In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar until crumbly. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in bananas, yogurt, apple juice and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking soda and salt; stir into butter mixture. Fold in 1/2 cup coconut., Transfer to prepared pan. Sprinkle with remaining coconut. Bake 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool., In a small bowl, mix confectioners' sugar and lime juice until smooth; spoon over warm bread.

BANANA-COCONUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Mix the sugar, butter and eggs together and then beat the mixture until light and fluffy. Add the mashed bananas and coconut and stir.
• Sift the flour with the baking powder, salt, and soda. Stir this into the other mixture, string until smooth. Add the nuts if desired and stir again.
• Pour the batter into a greased 9 by 5 by 3 inch loaf pan. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 60 to 70 minutes or until the loaf tests done.

COCONUT BANANA BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*F Grease 2 9x5 loaf pans and set aside. In a bowl combine oil and sugar. Add eggs (or apple sauce) and mix well. Add vanilla extract and almond extract, mix again. Add baking powder, baking soda and salt. Mix again. Add mashed bananas and mix well, scraping sides of bowl as needed. Alternately add flour & coconut milk, starting and ending with flour, mixing well after each addition until combined. Add Coconut and mix again. Pour batter into your two prepared pans. Bake for 1 hour. If toothpick inserted to center of loaf comes out wet bake for additional 15 minutes or until tested toothpick comes out clean. Let loaves rest for 10 minutes before removing from pans and allowing to cool on racks.

BANANA COCONUT TEA BREAD

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar.
• Beat in eggs, one at a time. Stir in milk, lemon juice, and almond extract.
• Sift flour again into mixing bowl along with baking powder, soda, and salt; mix thoroughly.
• Stir in bananas; fold in toasted coconut.
• Pour into a well-greased loaf pan (5 x 9 inches).
• Bake in a moderate oven 350 degrees for 55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan a few minutes; turn out on wire rack to continue cooling.
• After the loaf is cool, wrap tightly and let it mellow for several days to enhance the flavor. Worth the wait!
• Makes one loaf.
• NOTE: To toast coconut sprinkle on a baking sheet and place in a moderate oven 350°F or under broiler until lightly browned, stirring occasionally.