Banana bread gets a tropical twist with the addition of coconut in this delicious Banana Coconut Bread.
Baking with Bananas
It was a cold, rainy and dreary fall day, a day perfect for baking. I had a situation you may be familiar with – the black banana situation – I call it. There were four black bananas lurking in my freezer, 2 black bananas in my fridge and 2 bananas just on the other side of ripeness in the fruit bowl. So, I was baking something with bananas.
An inspection of my pantry yielded an open bag of shredded coconut, left over from the last time I made California Quinoa Salad with Black Beans. Bananas and coconut are wonderful together, so I could make Banana Coconut Bread – perfect!
I love coconut in pretty much anything and it is absolutely wonderful in this Banana Coconut Bread. The hint of almond from the almond extract complements both the banana and the coconut nicely. You can add toasted walnuts and/or chocolate chips to this bread if you like.
The recipe is for one loaf, you can double it to make two, which I often like to do. That way I can make one loaf nut free, for sending in with my son for his snack at school, where snacks need to be nut-free, and the other loaf can have nuts – for my nut-loving husband who loves any kind of baked good with nuts.
Do you have a favorite use for ripe bananas? Let me know in the comments below!
Banana Coconut Bread
Notes
You can add ½ cup toasted chopped walnuts, and/or ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup shredded sweetened coconut
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup white sugar
- ½ cup butter, melted
- 1 cup mashed ripe banana
- ½ teaspoon almond extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a 9x5x3 loaf pan.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, coconut, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- In another large bowl, whisk eggs until light and frothy. Add sugar and melted butter and whisk well. Add in mashed banana and almond extract and stir with a spoon to combine.
- Add flour mixture to egg mixture and stir to combine.
- Spoon batter into greased loaf pan. Bake in preheated oven for 60 minutes or until a knife inserted into the middle of the loaf comes out clean.
- Cool pan on wire racks for 5 minutes. Remove loaf from pan, place on rack and cool completely.
[…] Tradicional Esmague as bananas com um garfo e junte aos outros ingredientes. Misture bem. Coloque numa forma untada e leve ao forno a 180º durante 1 hora. Bimby Coloque todos os ingredientes no copo e programe 1 min/vel5. Coloque numa forma untada e leve ao forno a 180º durante 1 hora. Nota: Pode adicionar 100g de pepitas de chocolate e 50g de nozes picadas. Em alternativa, barre com Nutella ? Fonte: https://joylovefood.com/banana-coconut-bread/ […]
I made the banana coconut bread, my kids n I loved it. ????
Hi Natalie, I’m so glad to hear that you made this recipe and you and your family enjoyed! Happy New Year!
[…] week, as is often the case, I was in possession of some nearly overripe bananas. My freezer was already stocked with frozen […]
[…] Tradicional Esmague as bananas com um garfo e junte aos outros ingredientes. Misture bem. Coloque numa forma untada e leve ao forno a 180º durante 1 hora. Bimby Coloque todos os ingredientes no copo e programe 1 min/vel5. Coloque numa forma untada e leve ao forno a 180º durante 1 hora. Nota: Pode adicionar 100g de pepitas de chocolate e 50g de nozes picadas. Em alternativa, barre com Nutella Fonte: https://joylovefood.com/banana-coconut-bread/ […]
I just made these today and they were so good, my kids almost ate the entire thing! I did make a few modifications, though: I used 1/4 cup brown sugar plus 3/4 white, I added 1 1/4 toasted coconut, and a 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips. I then dosed out 12 mini cupcakes and then poured the rest into a loaf pan. They were awesome!
Hi Erin, I’m so glad to hear that you made this and that you and your kids enjoyed, mini chocolate chips sound like a wonderful addition!
Thanks so much for stopping by!! This looks so good!!
Hugs,
Deb
Yum, I love the addition of coconut – this looks awesome!
Thanks so much Michelle! Coconut is a wonderful addition!
Banana and coconut! This is my new favorite bread!
Thanks Stephanie! It’s one of my favorites too!
Hi Joy, your recipe looks great, I have been making a coconut bread for a about a month now, but I am going to try your recipe, mine has yogurt in and I use coconut extract and I like you use more butter. Thanks for sharing on Friday Feature this week!!!
Wishing you a Happy New Year!!!
Karren
Thanks so much Karren! Your version sounds good too, I’ve never used coconut extract before, will have to give it a try. Happy New Year!
Ooh, I love banana bread! We keep our overly ripe ones in the freezer especially for these occasions. I have never made it with coconut, though, that sounds delicious. Ca’t wait to try it out! Stopping by from Wine’d Down Wednesday, thanks for sharing!
Thanks Bev! It is so good with coconut, hope you give it a try and enjoy! Thanks for coming by 🙂
You took an awesome photo! It makes me feel like I can touch it lol. Thanks for linking up with me! I seriously love having you!
Jess
Thanks so much Jess, thanks for coming by!
I can just imagine the beautiful flavour and texture that coconut will add to a banana bread. Your looks so lovely and soft and inviting =)
Thanks so much Laura! Thanks for coming by!