We Be Jammin' Jamaican Banana Bread |
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Prep Time: 45 Minutes Cook Time: 60 Minutes |
Ready In: 105 Minutes Servings: 2 |
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Delicious and exotic twist on the common and bland banana bread. So good you will never bake another run-of-the-mill banana bread! Serve and watch the happy faces! Ingredients:
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened |
2 tablespoons cream cheese |
1 cup white sugar |
1 egg |
2 cups all-purpose flour |
2 teaspoons baking powder |
1/2 teaspoon baking soda |
1/8 teaspoon salt |
1 cup mashed overripe bananas |
1/2 cup milk |
2 tablespoons dark rum, or rum flavoring |
1/2 teaspoon lime zest |
2 teaspoons lime juice |
1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
1/4 cup chopped toasted pecans |
1/4 cup flaked coconut |
topping |
1/4 cup brown sugar |
2 teaspoons unsalted butter |
2 teaspoons lime juice |
2 teaspoons dark rum, or rum flavoring |
2 tablespoons chopped toasted pecans |
2 tablespoons flaked coconut |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease two 8x4 inch loaf pans.
2. Beat together 2 tablespoons of softened butter and cream cheese in a large bowl until fluffy. Slowly beat in sugar until well incorporated. Add the egg and mix well. Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl. In a different bowl, mix together the bananas, milk, 2 tablespoons rum, lime zest, lime juice, and vanilla extract; stir well. Pour 1/3 of the flour mixture into the butter and mix well. Mix in 1/2 of the mashed bananas. Continue with another 1/3 of the flour, followed by the remaining banana mixture, and finally the remaining flour. Fold in 1/4 cup pecans and 1/4 cup coconut flakes.
3. Pour the mixture into the loaf pans, and bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about one hour. When finished, cool for 10 minutes in the pan, remove, and finish cooling on a wire rack.
4. After you take the banana bread out of the oven, prepare the topping by stirring together the brown sugar, remaining butter, lime juice, and 2 teaspoons of rum in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring to a simmer stirring constantly; cook until the sugar has dissolved and the mixture is smooth, about one minute. Remove from heat, and stir in 2 tablespoons pecans, and 2 tablespoons coconut. Spoon this topping over the loaves while they are still warm. The topping will harden slightly when the loaf cools.
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